diff --git a/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.1.ebuild
index 2e9d029a29e49..b4d01d5c53507 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.1.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/icu:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.ebuild
index 199c0b31f8774..5cb1c22282a16 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.3.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/icu:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}