diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arpack/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arpack/package.nix
index dc0fb8d89efa..931fd42da9c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arpack/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arpack/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , gfortran, blas, lapack, eigen
 , useMpi ? false
 , mpi
-, openssh
+, mpiCheckPhaseHook
 , igraph
 , useAccel ? false #use Accelerate framework on darwin
 }:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     blas lapack
   ]) ++ lib.optional useMpi mpi;
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = lib.optional useMpi openssh;
+  nativeCheckInputs = lib.optional useMpi mpiCheckPhaseHook;
   checkInputs =
     # work around for `ld: file not found: @rpath/libquadmath.0.dylib`
     # which occurs due to an mpi test linking with `-flat_namespace`
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # a couple tests fail when run in parallel
   doCheck = true;
   enableParallelChecking = false;
-  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs useAccel {
     # Without these flags some tests will fail / segfault when using Accelerate