diff --git a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/files/pure-protobuf-do-not-install-tests.patch b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/files/pure-protobuf-do-not-install-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6da5a8db41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/files/pure-protobuf-do-not-install-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index deb6c95..2ae6c69 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
+     author='Pavel Perestoronin',
+     author_email='eigenein@gmail.com',
+     url='https://github.com/eigenein/protobuf',
+-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
++    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
+     zip_safe=True,
+     install_requires=[
+         'dataclasses>=0.6,<1.0; python_version < "3.7"',
diff --git a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0-r1.ebuild
index e240faf39e..5cb93b6558 100644
--- a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,11 +22,4 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/protobuf-${PV}"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
-python_install() {
-	# Package installs 'tests' package which is forbidden and likely a bug in the build system.
-	rm -r tests || die
-
-	# Previously it did not actually install any python libs
-	python_foreach_impl esetup.py install
-	python_foreach_impl python_optimize
-}
+PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${PN}-do-not-install-tests.patch"
diff --git a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e240faf39e..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_7 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="A more Pythonic version of doxypy, a Doxygen filter for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://github.com/eigenein/protobuf
-	https://pypi.org/project/pure-protobuf/
-"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/eigenein/protobuf/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/protobuf-${PV}"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_install() {
-	# Package installs 'tests' package which is forbidden and likely a bug in the build system.
-	rm -r tests || die
-
-	# Previously it did not actually install any python libs
-	python_foreach_impl esetup.py install
-	python_foreach_impl python_optimize
-}