diff --git a/dev-python/rpy2/rpy2-3.5.14.ebuild b/dev-python/rpy2/rpy2-3.5.14.ebuild
index 0aa15c9b861dc..3eb5183bba9bb 100644
--- a/dev-python/rpy2/rpy2-3.5.14.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rpy2/rpy2-3.5.14.ebuild
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2
 	https://pypi.org/project/rpy/
 "
-SRC_URI="$(pypi_sdist_url rpy2)"
-S="${WORKDIR}/rpy2-${PV}"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"