diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
index 307995c9bfc9..a9bf6a747d48 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stig/package.nix
@@ -30,25 +30,11 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     setproctitle
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    asynctest
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    export LC_ALL=C
-  '';
-
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # Almost all tests fail in this file, it is reported upstream in:
-    # https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/214 , and upstream fails to
-    # reproduce the issue unfortunately.
-    "tests/client_test/aiotransmission_test/api_settings_test.py"
-  ];
-  disabledTests = [
-    # Another failure with similar circumstances to the above
-    "test_candidates_are_sorted_case_insensitively"
-  ];
+  # According to the upstream author,
+  # stig no longer has working tests
+  # since asynctest (former test dependency) got abandoned.
+  # See https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/206#issuecomment-2669636320
+  doCheck = false;
 
   passthru.tests = testers.testVersion {
     package = stig;
@@ -56,9 +42,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     version = "stig version ${version}";
   };
 
-  # https://github.com/rndusr/stig/issues/214#issuecomment-1995651219
-  dontUsePytestCheck = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "TUI and CLI for the BitTorrent client Transmission";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rndusr/stig";