diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/fix-makefile-for-ptest.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/fix-makefile-for-ptest.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d782cd26b..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/fix-makefile-for-ptest.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-Add 'build-test' and 'runtest-TESTS' targets to Makefile, to build and run tests
-cross-compiled.
-
-Signed-off-by: Tudor Florea <tudor.florea@enea.com>
-Upstream-Status: Pending
----
-Index: Python-2.7.14/Makefile.pre.in
-===================================================================
---- Python-2.7.14.orig/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ Python-2.7.14/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -846,14 +846,19 @@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODOBJS) Modules/pytho
- 
- .PHONY: test testall testuniversal buildbottest pythoninfo
- 
--TESTOPTS=	-l $(EXTRATESTOPTS)
-+TESTOPTS=	-l -v $(EXTRATESTOPTS)
- TESTPROG=	$(srcdir)/Lib/test/regrtest.py
--TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wd -3 -E -tt $(TESTPYTHONOPTS)
--test:		@DEF_MAKE_RULE@ platform
--		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
-+TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) $(BUILDPYTHON) -Wd -3 -E -tt $(TESTPYTHONOPTS)
-+test:		build-test
-+		$(MAKE) runtest-TESTS
-+
-+runtest-TESTS:
-+		-find $(srcdir) -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
- 		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS)
- 		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS)
- 
-+build-test:	@DEF_MAKE_RULE@ platform
-+
- testall:	@DEF_MAKE_RULE@ platform
- 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
- 		$(TESTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Lib/compileall.py
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/run-ptest
index a2f9eed4441..832551a1244 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/run-ptest
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#
-#This script is used to run python test suites
 
-make -f LIBDIR/python/ptest/Makefile -k runtest-TESTS srcdir=LIBDIR/python2.7 TESTPROG=LIBDIR/python2.7/test/regrtest.py | sed -e '/\.\.\. ok/ s/^/PASS: /g' -e '/\.\.\. [ERROR|FAIL]/ s/^/FAIL: /g' -e '/\.\.\. skipped/ s/^/SKIP: /g' -e 's/ \.\.\. ok//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. ERROR//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. FAIL//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. skipped//g'
+python -m test.regrtest -v | sed -e '/\.\.\. ok/ s/^/PASS: /g' -e '/\.\.\. [ERROR|FAIL]/ s/^/FAIL: /g' -e '/\.\.\. skipped/ s/^/SKIP: /g' -e 's/ \.\.\. ok//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. ERROR//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. FAIL//g' -e 's/ \.\.\. skipped//g'
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
index 9bf6959a0c5..7662b165372 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ SRC_URI += "\
   file://avoid_warning_about_tkinter.patch \
   file://avoid_warning_for_sunos_specific_module.patch \
   file://python-2.7.3-remove-bsdb-rpath.patch \
-  file://fix-makefile-for-ptest.patch \
   file://run-ptest \
   file://parallel-makeinst-create-bindir.patch \
   file://use_sysroot_ncurses_instead_of_host.patch \
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ SRC_URI += "\
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/Python-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools multilib_header python-dir pythonnative
+inherit autotools multilib_header python-dir pythonnative ptest
 
 CONFIGUREOPTS += " --with-system-ffi "
 
@@ -169,27 +168,7 @@ FILES_${PN}-misc = "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-modules += "${PN}-misc"
 
 # ptest
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest = "${PN}-modules ${PN}-tests"
-#inherit ptest after "require python-${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-manifest.inc" so PACKAGES doesn't get overwritten
-inherit ptest
-
-# This must come after inherit ptest for the override to take effect
-do_install_ptest() {
-	cp ${B}/Makefile ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
-	sed -e s:LIBDIR/python/ptest:${PTEST_PATH}:g \
-	 -e s:LIBDIR:${libdir}:g \
-	 -i ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest
-
-	#Remove build host references
-	sed -i \
-		-e 's:--with-libtool-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}'::g \
-	    -e 's:--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}::g' \
-	    -e 's|${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}||g' \
-	    -e 's:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/::g' \
-	    -e 's:${RECIPE_SYSROOT}::g' \
-	    -e 's:${BASE_WORKDIR}/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}::g' \
-	${D}/${PTEST_PATH}/Makefile
-}
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest = "${PN}-modules ${PN}-tests unzip"
 
 # catch manpage
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-man"
