diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-rtd-dark-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-rtd-dark-mode/default.nix
index 98b962b1f4b7..d3b4bf7f4104 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-rtd-dark-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-rtd-dark-mode/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
-  pynose,
+  pythonOlder,
+  nose,
   setuptools,
   sphinx,
   sphinx-rtd-theme,
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [ sphinx-rtd-theme ];
 
+  # tests rely on nose
+  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.12";
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pynose
+    nose
     sphinx
   ];