diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsy/default.nix
index 5dcb3db3a463..72d025c96936 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/parsy/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, pytest }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "parsy";
   version = "1.4.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "7c411373e520e97431f0b390db9d2cfc5089bc1d33f4f1584d2cdc9e6368f302";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test test/
-  '';
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "parsy"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/python-parsy/parsy";