diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/2.10.54.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/2.10.54.nix
index 6cfca7260512..5bbbd1501453 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/2.10.54.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/2.10.54.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1mqspsn6bf3ibvih1zna2glkg8iw7vy5zg9gzg0d1m8zcndk2c48";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-benchmark enum34 numpy ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook enum34 numpy ];
 
   # these have dependencies that are broken on Python 2
   disabledTestPaths = [
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   disabledTests = [
+    "test_benchmarks"
     "test_timestamp"
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "test_multiprocessing"
   ];
 
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--benchmark-disable" ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Powerful declarative parser (and builder) for binary data";
     homepage = "https://construct.readthedocs.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/default.nix
index b2783fa09346..8ae44476eff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/construct/default.nix
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     lz4
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-benchmark numpy arrow ruamel-yaml cloudpickle ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook numpy arrow ruamel-yaml cloudpickle ];
 
-  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "test_multiprocessing" ];
-
-  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--benchmark-disable" ];
+  disabledTests = [ "test_benchmarks" ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "test_multiprocessing" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Powerful declarative parser (and builder) for binary data";