diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
index 980165a6c29f..444e0b7191d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "42.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-nW6cSOhC56YkyUQiXcJTqaojRseIf9q8YGSe4skhTA4=";
@@ -86,6 +84,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     chmod +x bin/*
 
     stestr --test-path tempest/tests run -e <(echo "
+      tempest.tests.cmd.test_cleanup.TestTempestCleanup.test_load_json_resource_list
+      tempest.tests.cmd.test_cleanup.TestTempestCleanup.test_load_json_saved_state
+      tempest.tests.cmd.test_cleanup.TestTempestCleanup.test_take_action_got_exception
       tempest.tests.lib.cli.test_execute.TestExecute.test_execute_with_prefix
     ")
   '';