diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
index 8448b656ce1d..91209292772d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     eventlet
+    libredirect.hook
     mock
     tornado
     pytest-asyncio
@@ -56,8 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   preCheck = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > resolv.conf
-    export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${iana-etc}/etc/protocols:/etc/resolv.conf=$(realpath resolv.conf) \
-      LD_PRELOAD=${libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
+    export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${iana-etc}/etc/protocols:/etc/resolv.conf=$(realpath resolv.conf)
   '';
 
   postCheck = ''