diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2/run-ptest b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2/run-ptest
deleted file mode 100644
index f1c8729f0e..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2/run-ptest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-pytest --automake
-
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.8.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.8.1.bb
index 048b0ca075..8f5ec7fcb4 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.8.1.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=dccbff78d7d79ae7e53953d43445c6e6 \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b91f4a1f7abb9824637b1fe67e6e4a0a071d98d4a1a1b47ef792304ff3adad11"
 
-inherit python_setuptools_build_meta pypi ptest
+inherit python_setuptools_build_meta pypi ptest-python-pytest
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-ctypes \
@@ -22,20 +22,14 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-unixadmin \
 "
 
-SRC_URI += " \
-    file://run-ptest \
-"
-
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-fcntl \
     python3-html \
     python3-netclient \
-    python3-pytest \
     python3-sqlite3 \
-    python3-unittest-automake-output \
 "
 
-do_install_ptest() {
+do_install_ptest:append () {
     install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
     cp -rf ${S}/tests/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/
     sed -e  "s|'test_unit|'tests/test_unit|g" -i  ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/test_unit/test_nlmsg/test_marshal.py \