diff --git a/dev-python/compreffor/compreffor-0.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/compreffor/compreffor-0.5.1.ebuild
index f4f87b9e29..f19a4ade22 100644
--- a/dev-python/compreffor/compreffor-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/compreffor/compreffor-0.5.1.ebuild
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	app-arch/unzip
 	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/remove-pytest-runner.patch" )
 
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-src_prepare() {
-	#undesired dependency
-	sed -i "s|setup_requires=pytest_runner + wheel,|setup_requires=wheel,|" setup.py
-	default
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	distutils_install_for_testing
-	default
-}
+distutils_enable_tests --install pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/compreffor/files/remove-pytest-runner.patch b/dev-python/compreffor/files/remove-pytest-runner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3734f3cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/compreffor/files/remove-pytest-runner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py	2021-03-27 18:38:41.032816105 +0100
++++ b/setup.py	2021-03-27 18:38:57.087088810 +0100
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
+     cmdclass={
+         'build_ext': custom_build_ext,
+     },
+-    setup_requires=pytest_runner + wheel,
++    setup_requires=wheel,
+     tests_require=[
+         'pytest>=2.8',
+     ],