diff --git a/dev-python/rstr/rstr-3.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/rstr/rstr-3.1.0.ebuild
index 843c74e971..8d112dacb3 100644
--- a/dev-python/rstr/rstr-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rstr/rstr-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=pyproject.toml
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} ) # pypy3 https://bugs.gentoo.org/835474
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 distutils_enable_tests unittest
 
-python_test() {
-	"${PYTHON}" -m unittest discover -v rstr/tests || die "tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
-}
-
 python_install_all() {
 	distutils-r1_python_install_all
 	find "${ED}" -type d -name "tests" -exec rm -rv {} + || die "tests removing failed"