diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
index b73f7a0e9649..dbbd750acf5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = !isPyPy; # numpy 1.16+ hits a bug in pypy's ctypes, using either numpy or pypy HEAD fixes this (https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/13807)
-
   checkInputs = [
     pytest
     hypothesis