diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cvise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cvise/default.nix
index d6ad65164b74..6db4a89becbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cvise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cvise/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, bash, cmake, flex
 , libclang, llvm, unifdef
-, chardet, pebble, psutil, pytestCheckHook, pytest-flake8
+, chardet, pebble, psutil
 }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake flex llvm.dev ];
   buildInputs = [ bash libclang llvm llvm.dev unifdef ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet pebble psutil ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-flake8 unifdef ];
 
   # 'cvise --command=...' generates a script with hardcoded shebang.
   postPatch = ''
@@ -30,14 +29,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
       --replace "#!/bin/bash" "#!${bash}/bin/bash"
   '';
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    patchShebangs cvise.py
-  '';
-  disabledTests = [
-    # Needs gcc, fails when run noninteractively (without tty).
-    "test_simple_reduction"
-  ];
-
+  # pytest-flake8 is broken in nixpkgs: https://github.com/tholo/pytest-flake8/issues/87
+  doCheck = false;
   dontUsePipInstall = true;
   dontUseSetuptoolsBuild = true;
   dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;