diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a94a48f5470b282f674e802a8ac3c28bfef7523e..b41ddf2851dc2971983b378b897d10e79ca7b5bb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export PYBUILD_TEST_PYTEST=1
 #   - resources expected for tests have to be copied to build dir.
 #   - egg-info has to be available so pkg_resources can find the module.
 export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS={build_dir}/tests
-export PYBUILD_BEFORE_TEST=cp -r {dir}/docs {dir}/README.rst {build_dir}; {interpreter} {dir}/setup.py egg_info -e {build_dir}
+export PYBUILD_BEFORE_TEST=cp -r {dir}/docs {dir}/README.rst {build_dir}
 export PYBUILD_AFTER_TEST=cd {build_dir}; rm -rf docs README.rst *.egg-info
 
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