diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix
index 21927ef81def..538e8e525601 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kazoo/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  six,
-  eventlet,
-  gevent,
-  mock,
-  coverage,
-  openjdk8_headless,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -20,27 +14,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-kFeWrk9MEr1OSukubl0BhDnmtWyM+7JIJTYuebIw2rE=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    eventlet
-    gevent
-    mock
-    coverage
-    openjdk8_headless
-  ];
-
-  # not really needed
-  preBuild = ''
-    sed -i '/flake8/d' setup.py
-  '';
-
-  preCheck = ''
-    sed -i 's/test_unicode_auth/noop/' kazoo/tests/test_client.py
-  '';
-
   # tests take a long time to run and leave threads hanging
   doCheck = false;
-  #ZOOKEEPER_PATH = "${pkgs.zookeeper}";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://kazoo.readthedocs.org";