diff --git a/dev-vcs/git-cola/git-cola-3.12.0.ebuild b/dev-vcs/git-cola/git-cola-3.12.0.ebuild
index 1aa8af03490fd..51817bdd4a3b6 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/git-cola/git-cola-3.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/git-cola/git-cola-3.12.0.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ BDEPEND="sys-devel/gettext
 		test? (
 			${VIRTUALX_DEPEND}
 			dev-python/pytest[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-			dev-python/pytest-flake8[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 			dev-python/mock[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 			dev-python/PyQt5[\${PYTHON_USEDEP},gui,widgets]
 		)
@@ -58,6 +57,9 @@ python_prepare_all() {
 	# fix ssh-askpass directory reference
 	sed -i -e 's/resources\.share/resources\.prefix/' cola/app.py || die
 
+	# disable flake8 testing, it's not useful for ebuilds
+	sed -i -e 's:--flake8::' pytest.ini || die
+
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }