diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
index a56d2ba49245..b42ba43501fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mxnet/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pkgs,
-  setuptools,
   distutils,
-  requests,
-  numpy,
   graphviz,
+  numpy,
+  pkgs,
   python,
-  isPy3k,
+  requests,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -21,9 +20,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   dependencies = [
     distutils
-    requests
-    numpy
     graphviz
+    numpy
+    requests
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.mxnet ];
 
-  doCheck = !isPy3k;
-
   postPatch = ''
     # Required to support numpy >=1.24 where np.bool is removed in favor of just bool
     substituteInPlace python/mxnet/numpy/utils.py \