diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/default.nix
index 935e700c4790..84d8439a5360 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , pkgs
 , python
 , six
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -30,23 +31,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       tests/test__ped_ped.py
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    ./fix-test-pythonpath.patch
-  ];
-
   preConfigure = ''
     PATH="${pkgs.parted}/sbin:$PATH"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ six ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ six pytestCheckHook ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.parted ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    patchShebangs Makefile
-    make test PYTHON=${python.executable}
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted/";
     description = "Python interface for libparted";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/fix-test-pythonpath.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/fix-test-pythonpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f084dc8bea5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyparted/fix-test-pythonpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur a/Makefile b/Makefile
---- a/Makefile	1980-01-02 00:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/Makefile	2020-02-18 20:04:14.068243263 +0100
-@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@
- 	@$(PYTHON) setup.py build
- 
- test: all
--	@env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src \
-+	@env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src:$$PYTHONPATH \
- 	$(PYTHON) -m unittest discover -v
- 
- coverage: all
- 	@echo "*** Running unittests with $(COVERAGE) for $(PYTHON) ***"
--	@env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src \
-+	@env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src:$$PYTHONPATH \
- 	$(COVERAGE) run --branch -m unittest discover -v
- 	$(COVERAGE) report --include="build/lib.*/parted/*" --show-missing
- 	$(COVERAGE) report --include="build/lib.*/parted/*" > coverage-report.log
- 
- check: clean
- 	$(MAKE) ; \
--	env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src \
-+	env PYTHONPATH=$$(find $$(pwd) -name "*.so" | head -n 1 | xargs dirname):src/parted:src:$$PYTHONPATH \
- 	tests/pylint/runpylint.py
- 
- dist: