diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
index 635e55b53382..cacce82794b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   isPy27,
-  pytest,
-  pytest-cov-stub,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   nbval,
   jupyter-packaging,
   ipywidgets,
@@ -37,13 +36,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    pytest-cov-stub
+    pytestCheckHook
     nbval
   ];
 
-  checkPhase = "pytest ipydatawidgets/tests";
-
   meta = {
     description = "Widgets to help facilitate reuse of large datasets across different widgets";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vidartf/ipydatawidgets";