diff --git a/devel/py-invoke/Makefile b/devel/py-invoke/Makefile
index be586065074..15f9de2b7f1 100644
--- a/devel/py-invoke/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-invoke/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 COMMENT =	Pythonic task execution
 
-MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	1.7.1
+MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	1.7.3
 
 DISTNAME =	invoke-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}
 PKGNAME =	py-${DISTNAME}
-REVISION =	0
 
 CATEGORIES =	devel
 
@@ -17,11 +16,13 @@ MODULES =	lang/python
 
 MODPY_PI =	Yes
 MODPY_PYBUILD =	setuptools
+# requires https://pypi.org/project/invocations/
+NO_TEST =	Yes
 
 # some failures, possibly related to running under ports test framework
 # with captured stdio etc.
-TEST_DEPENDS =	devel/py-test-relaxed${MODPY_FLAVOR} \
-		devel/py-mock${MODPY_FLAVOR}
+#TEST_DEPENDS =	devel/py-test-relaxed${MODPY_FLAVOR} \
+#		devel/py-mock${MODPY_FLAVOR}
 
 FLAVORS =	python3
 FLAVOR =	python3
diff --git a/devel/py-invoke/distinfo b/devel/py-invoke/distinfo
index 380132ec7c0..b13037e4dfd 100644
--- a/devel/py-invoke/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-invoke/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (invoke-1.7.1.tar.gz) = e23q9YXu4KhIIF0LjAAUub9vKHqOt5iBimQt/x3xSxk=
-SIZE (invoke-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 344626
+SHA256 (invoke-1.7.3.tar.gz) = QbQoNC1GaoITXVqzcRloWpiXE3Qr5G5Co6OZ1oVXkxQ=
+SIZE (invoke-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 374306