diff --git a/dev-python/beaker/beaker-1.8.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/beaker/beaker-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
index 119bc2fd610d5..f15dda7b4db37 100644
--- a/dev-python/beaker/beaker-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/beaker/beaker-1.8.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/webtest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)"
 
-# Py2.7 fais some tests without this
-DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
-
 python_test() {
 	esetup.py test
 }