diff --git a/dev-python/spark-parser/spark-parser-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/spark-parser/spark-parser-1.4.0.ebuild
index 9ca7566496bac..3c0cd9af4894f 100644
--- a/dev-python/spark-parser/spark-parser-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/spark-parser/spark-parser-1.4.0.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ DEPEND="
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# Remove an unconditional test only dep
+	sed \
+		-e "s/setup_requires/# setup_requires/" \
+		-i setup.py
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	emake check
 }