diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
index 2805d07b2d26..e0a0cfe9804c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/svtplay-dl/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   python3Packages,
   perl,
   ffmpeg,
-  gitMinimal,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ let
     pysocks
     cryptography
     pyyaml
-    nose3
-    pytest
+    pytestCheckHook
     mock
     requests-mock
     ;
@@ -55,27 +53,20 @@ buildPythonApplication {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    nose3
-    pytest
+    pytestCheckHook
     mock
     requests-mock
-    gitMinimal
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "--doctest-modules"
+    "lib"
   ];
 
   postBuild = ''
     make svtplay-dl.1
   '';
 
-  doCheck = python3Packages.pythonOlder "3.12";
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    nosetests --all-modules --with-doctest
-
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
     installManPage svtplay-dl.1
     makeWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg ]}")