diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi/run-ptest
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d2017d39c..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi/run-ptest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-pytest --automake
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi_1.6.10.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi_1.6.10.bb
index c87d5aca61..bced340b94 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi_1.6.10.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-yappi_1.6.10.bb
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=71c208c9a4fd864385eb69ad4caa3bee"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "463b822727658937bd95a7d80ca9758605b8cd0014e004e9e520ec9cb4db0c92"
 
-SRC_URI += "file://run-ptest \
+SRC_URI += " \
            file://0001-test_functionality-convert-line-endings-to-Unix.patch \
            file://0002-Fix-import-of-tests.utils-to-enable-pytest.patch \
            "
 
-inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest
+inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest-python-pytest
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     python3-datetime \
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-zopeinterface \
 "
 
-do_install_ptest() {
-    install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
-    cp -rf ${S}/tests ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
+do_install_ptest:append() {
     cp -f ${S}/run_tests.py ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
 }