diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 56c3611..36bdabc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ override_dh_install:
 override_dh_auto_test:
 ifeq (,$(findstring nocheck, $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	echo "===> Running tests"
-	set -e && for i in $(PYTHONS) $(PYTHON3S) ; do \
+	set -e && for i in $(PYTHONS) ; do \
 		PYMAJOR=`echo $$i | cut -d'.' -f1` ; \
 		echo "===> Testing with python$$i (python$$PYMAJOR)" ; \
 		rm -rf .testrepository ; \