diff --git a/games-action/netrek-cow/netrek-cow-3.3.2.ebuild b/games-action/netrek-cow/netrek-cow-3.3.2.ebuild
index f5cabacbca..6be3c33ac2 100644
--- a/games-action/netrek-cow/netrek-cow-3.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/netrek-cow/netrek-cow-3.3.2.ebuild
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/netrek-client-cow-${PV}"
 
+# upstream has a file named check that is unrelated to tests
+RESTRICT="test"
+
 RDEPEND="
 	media-libs/libsdl
 	media-libs/sdl-mixer