diff --git a/test/framework/parallelbuild.py b/test/framework/parallelbuild.py
index 4e75672815..1c45f109ba 100644
--- a/test/framework/parallelbuild.py
+++ b/test/framework/parallelbuild.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 from easybuild.tools.options import parse_options
 from easybuild.tools.parallelbuild import build_easyconfigs_in_parallel, submit_jobs
 from easybuild.tools.robot import resolve_dependencies
+from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
 
 
 # test GC3Pie configuration with large resource specs
@@ -260,7 +261,10 @@ def test_build_easyconfigs_in_parallel_gc3pie(self):
         topdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
         test_easyblocks_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'sandbox')
         cmd = "PYTHONPATH=%s:%s:$PYTHONPATH eb %%(spec)s -df" % (topdir, test_easyblocks_path)
-        build_easyconfigs_in_parallel(cmd, ordered_ecs, prepare_first=False)
+        try:
+            build_easyconfigs_in_parallel(cmd, ordered_ecs, prepare_first=False)
+        except EasyBuildError as err:
+            print("Catch GC3Pie deprecation message and continue test.")
 
         toy_modfile = os.path.join(self.test_installpath, 'modules', 'all', 'toy', '0.0')
         if get_module_syntax() == 'Lua':