diff --git a/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild b/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
index bb567c2..36d918e 100644
--- a/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/OCRmyPDF/OCRmyPDF-9.7.1.ebuild
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/python-cffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	jbig2enc? ( media-libs/jbig2enc )
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/pytest-runner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# do not depend on deprecated dep
+	sed -i -e '/pytest-runner/d' setup.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
 
 src_install() {
 	distutils-r1_src_install