diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugsnag/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugsnag/default.nix
index 8863c76bc48b..afd81e072b27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugsnag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bugsnag/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   setuptools,
   webob,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -21,11 +22,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-WXBdlgUoWdptv1weJf82qyH8TTqNCC1rYFEa972TqDY=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace tox.ini --replace-fail \
-      "--cov=bugsnag --cov-report html --cov-append --cov-report term" ""
-  '';
-
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [ webob ];
@@ -39,7 +35,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "bugsnag" ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
+  ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
     # Extra dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openevsewifi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openevsewifi/default.nix
index 53934a98d819..48ca148b5563 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openevsewifi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openevsewifi/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   fetchpatch,
   poetry-core,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   requests,
   requests-mock,
 }:
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     requests-mock
     pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
   ];
 
   patches = [
@@ -43,11 +45,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'pytest-cov = "^2.8.1"' ""
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "openevsewifi" ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyairtable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyairtable/default.nix
index 75a314bb50ed..07c312d832e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyairtable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyairtable/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   click,
 
   pytest,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   mock,
   requests-mock,
   tox,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     mock
     requests-mock
     tox
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix
index e0129305e666..d64ace0f1a24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   mypy,
   poetry-core,
   pytest-aio,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytest-mypy,
   pytest-mypy-plugins,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -28,11 +29,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-VQzsa/uNTQVND0kc20d25to/6LELEiS3cqvG7a1kDw4=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i setup.cfg \
-      -e '/--cov.*/d'
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ typing-extensions ];
@@ -45,6 +41,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     mypy
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-aio
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytest-mypy
     pytest-mypy-plugins
     setuptools
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/static3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/static3/default.nix
index a834bc313453..45de611df216 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/static3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/static3/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   # tests
   pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   webtest,
 }:
 
@@ -23,11 +24,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-uFgv+57/UZs4KoOdkFxbvTEDQrJbb0iYJ5JoWWN4yFY=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace ", 'pytest-cov'" ""
-  '';
-
   optional-dependencies = {
     KidMagic = [
       # TODO: kid
@@ -39,6 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
     webtest
   ]
   ++ lib.concatAttrValues optional-dependencies;