diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/datalad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/datalad/default.nix
index 4c1c2c39f2ff..140c41323ab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/datalad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/datalad/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, python3, git, git-annex }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, python3, git, git-annex, p7zip, curl, coreutils }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "datalad";
@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-Vw/RpMf+jnUijJ3GZ9nLk1IRWOADmM+jNtYl5Ba6uLg=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace datalad/distribution/create_sibling.py \
+      --replace-fail "/bin/ls" "${coreutils}/bin/ls"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles git ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+  build-system = [ python3.pkgs.setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
     # core
     platformdirs
     chardet
@@ -45,25 +52,14 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     argcomplete
     pyperclip
     python-dateutil
-
-    # metadata
-    simplejson
-    whoosh
-
-    # metadata-extra
-    pyyaml
-    mutagen
-    exifread
-    python-xmp-toolkit
-    pillow
-
     # duecredit
     duecredit
-
     # python>=3.8
     distro
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows [ colorama ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (python3.pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-metadata ];
+    ++ lib.optionals (python3.pythonOlder "3.9") [ importlib-resources ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (python3.pythonOlder "3.10") [ importlib-metadata ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (python3.pythonOlder "3.11") [ typing_extensions ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     installShellCompletion --cmd datalad \
@@ -72,15 +68,107 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/datalad --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"
   '';
 
-  # no tests
-  doCheck = false;
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  # tests depend on apps in $PATH which only will get installed after the test
+  disabledTests = [
+    # No such file or directory: 'datalad'
+    "test_script_shims"
+    "test_cfg_override"
+    "test_completion"
+    "test_nested_pushclone_cycle_allplatforms"
+    "test_create_sub_gh3463"
+    "test_create_sub_dataset_dot_no_path"
+    "test_cfg_passthrough"
+    "test_addurls_stdin_input_command_line"
+    "test_run_datalad_help"
+    "test_status_custom_summary_no_repeats"
+    "test_quoting"
+
+    #  No such file or directory: 'git-annex-remote-[...]"
+    "test_create"
+    "test_ensure_datalad_remote_maybe_enable"
+
+    # "git-annex: unable to use external special remote git-annex-remote-datalad"
+    "test_ria_postclonecfg"
+    "test_ria_postclone_noannex"
+    "test_ria_push"
+    "test_basic_scenario"
+    "test_annex_get_from_subdir"
+    "test_ensure_datalad_remote_init_and_enable_needed"
+    "test_ensure_datalad_remote_maybe_enable[False]"
+    "test_ensure_datalad_remote_maybe_enable[True]"
+    "test_create_simple"
+    "test_create_alias"
+    "test_storage_only"
+    "test_initremote"
+    "test_read_access"
+    "test_ephemeral"
+    "test_initremote_basic_fileurl"
+    "test_initremote_basic_httpurl"
+    "test_remote_layout"
+    "test_version_check"
+    "test_gitannex_local"
+    "test_push_url"
+    "test_url_keys"
+    "test_obtain_permission_root"
+    "test_source_candidate_subdataset"
+    "test_update_fetch_all"
+    "test_add_archive_dirs"
+    "test_add_archive_content"
+    "test_add_archive_content_strip_leading"
+    "test_add_archive_content_zip"
+    "test_add_archive_content_absolute_path"
+    "test_add_archive_use_archive_dir"
+    "test_add_archive_single_file"
+    "test_add_delete"
+    "test_add_archive_leading_dir"
+    "test_add_delete_after_and_drop"
+    "test_add_delete_after_and_drop_subdir"
+    "test_override_existing_under_git"
+    "test_copy_file_datalad_specialremote"
+    "test_download_url_archive"
+    "test_download_url_archive_from_subdir"
+    "test_download_url_archive_trailing_separator"
+    "test_download_url_need_datalad_remote"
+    "test_datalad_credential_helper - assert False"
+
+    # need internet access
+    "test_clone_crcns"
+    "test_clone_datasets_root"
+    "test_reckless"
+    "test_autoenabled_remote_msg"
+    "test_ria_http_storedataladorg"
+    "test_gin_cloning"
+    "test_nonuniform_adjusted_subdataset"
+    "test_install_datasets_root"
+    "test_install_simple_local"
+    "test_install_dataset_from_just_source"
+    "test_install_dataset_from_just_source_via_path"
+    "test_datasets_datalad_org"
+    "test_get_cached_dataset"
+    "test_cached_dataset"
+    "test_cached_url"
+    "test_anonymous_s3"
+    "test_protocols"
+    "test_get_versioned_url_anon"
+    "test_install_recursive_github"
+    "test_failed_install_multiple"
+
+    # pbcopy not found
+    "test_wtf"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ p7zip python3.pkgs.pytestCheckHook git-annex curl python3.pkgs.httpretty ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "datalad" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Keep code, data, containers under control with git and git-annex";
     homepage = "https://www.datalad.org";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ renesat ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ renesat ];
   };
-}
+}
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