diff --git a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
index aa3512642c..a460fe4dd7 100644
--- a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/backend/ovs_idl/test_backend.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/backend/ovs_idl/test_connection.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/backend/ovs_idl/test_indexing.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/open_vswitch/test_common_db.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/open_vswitch/test_impl_idl.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_northbound/test_impl_idl.py
-	ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_southbound/test_impl_idl.py
-)
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=( ovsdbapp/tests/functional )
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1