diff --git a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/sphinxcontrib-bibtex-2.4.2.ebuild b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/sphinxcontrib-bibtex-2.4.2.ebuild
index 5d8bcffd2fd02..d63be4fb2ab4a 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/sphinxcontrib-bibtex-2.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/sphinxcontrib-bibtex-2.4.2.ebuild
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ python_compile() {
 }
 
 python_test() {
-	# this is needed to keep the tests working while
-	# dev-python/namespace-sphinxcontrib is still installed
-	cat > "${BUILD_DIR}/install$(python_get_sitedir)/sphinxcontrib/__init__.py" <<-EOF || die
-		__path__ = __import__('pkgutil').extend_path(__path__, __name__)
-	EOF
+	distutils_write_namespace sphinxcontrib
 	epytest
-	rm "${BUILD_DIR}/install$(python_get_sitedir)/sphinxcontrib/__init__.py" || die
 }