diff --git a/sci-chemistry/apbs/apbs-1.4.1-r2.ebuild b/sci-chemistry/apbs/apbs-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
index b3c4f192894bd..88910ddde9967 100644
--- a/sci-chemistry/apbs/apbs-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-chemistry/apbs/apbs-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ src_compile(){
 }
 
 src_test() {
-	python_export_best
+	python_setup
 	cd tests || die
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${S}"/lib "${PYTHON}" apbs_tester.py -l log || die
 	grep -q 'FAILED' log && die "Tests failed"