diff --git a/dev-db/mycli/mycli-1.21.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-db/mycli/mycli-1.21.1-r1.ebuild
index 87d1424f66287..042db56174836 100644
--- a/dev-db/mycli/mycli-1.21.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mycli/mycli-1.21.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ RDEPEND="$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 	ssh? ( dev-python/paramiko[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}] )')
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]') )"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
-BDEPEND="test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]') )"
-
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/mycli-1.21.1-fix-test-install.patch" )
 
 python_test() {