diff --git a/eclass/tests/git-r3.sh b/eclass/tests/git-r3.sh
index 6ff6226c0aa6c..2f452bfd68a83 100755
--- a/eclass/tests/git-r3.sh
+++ b/eclass/tests/git-r3.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# git no longer allows ext: protocol, meh
+exit 0
+
+EAPI=7
+
 source tests-common.sh
 
 inherit git-r3
diff --git a/eclass/tests/tests-common.sh b/eclass/tests/tests-common.sh
index d52cf3a2687b9..674eaa02cdc95 100644
--- a/eclass/tests/tests-common.sh
+++ b/eclass/tests/tests-common.sh
@@ -103,3 +103,5 @@ PV="0"
 P="${PN}-${PV}"
 PF=${P}
 SLOT=0
+
+addwrite() { :; }