diff --git a/dev-python/fixtures/fixtures-4.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/fixtures/fixtures-4.0.0.ebuild
index 25709bab8188b..1d98ba1aaa0f8 100644
--- a/dev-python/fixtures/fixtures-4.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/fixtures/fixtures-4.0.0.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 BSD )"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/pbr-5.7.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -31,10 +29,8 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-pypy39.patch
 )
-
-python_test() {
-	emake check
-}