diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/mock/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/mock/default.nix
index 3e100689eb54..d65fede054b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/mock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/mock/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   six,
   pbr,
   unittestCheckHook,
-  pytest,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     unittestCheckHook
-    pytest
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix
index f5a0f459bd4e..b39721c46b3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/packaging/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchPypi,
   pyparsing,
   six,
-  pytestCheckHook,
   pretend,
 }:
 
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
     pretend
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
index 229f34fa1a7a..2ccdf3ca4189 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   scripttest,
   virtualenv,
   pretend,
-  pytest,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -34,8 +33,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     scripttest
     virtualenv
     pretend
-    pytest
   ];
+
   # Pip wants pytest, but tests are not distributed
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pluggy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pluggy/default.nix
index 968068182188..b01e63c5834f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pluggy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pluggy/default.nix
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "15b2acde666561e1298d71b523007ed7364de07029219b604cf808bfa1c765b0";
   };
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
-  '';
-
   # To prevent infinite recursion with pytest
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ddc2299704..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pytest/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  attrs,
-  py,
-  setuptools-scm,
-  setuptools,
-  six,
-  pluggy,
-  funcsigs,
-  isPy3k,
-  more-itertools,
-  atomicwrites,
-  mock,
-  writeText,
-  wcwidth,
-  packaging,
-  isPyPy,
-}:
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "4.6.11";
-  format = "setuptools";
-  pname = "pytest";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "50fa82392f2120cc3ec2ca0a75ee615be4c479e66669789771f1758332be4353";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "pluggy>=0.12,<1.0" "pluggy>=0.12,<2.0"
-  '';
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    mock
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    attrs
-    py
-    setuptools
-    six
-    pluggy
-    more-itertools
-    atomicwrites
-    wcwidth
-    packaging
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ funcsigs ];
-
-  doCheck = !isPyPy; # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3460
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-
-    # don't test bash builtins
-    rm testing/test_argcomplete.py
-
-    # determinism - this test writes non deterministic bytecode
-    rm -rf testing/test_assertrewrite.py
-
-    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 $out/bin/py.test -x testing/ -k "not test_collect_pyargs_with_testpaths"
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  # Remove .pytest_cache when using py.test in a Nix build
-  setupHook = writeText "pytest-hook" ''
-    pytestcachePhase() {
-        find $out -name .pytest_cache -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
-    }
-
-    appendToVar preDistPhases pytestcachePhase
-
-    # pytest generates it's own bytecode files to improve assertion messages.
-    # These files similar to cpython's bytecode files but are never laoded
-    # by python interpreter directly. We remove them for a few reasons:
-    # - files are non-deterministic: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/139292
-    #   (file headers are generatedt by pytest directly and contain timestamps)
-    # - files are not needed after tests are finished
-    pytestRemoveBytecodePhase () {
-        # suffix is defined at:
-        #    https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/4.6.11/src/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py#L32-L47
-        find $out -name "*-PYTEST.py[co]" -delete
-    }
-    appendToVar preDistPhases pytestRemoveBytecodePhase
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://docs.pytest.org";
-    description = "Framework for writing tests";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      lovek323
-      madjar
-    ];
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/zipp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/zipp/default.nix
index a08e88cc6d7d..ed94f8e364a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/zipp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/zipp/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   setuptools-scm,
-  pytest,
-  pytest-flake8,
   more-itertools,
 }:
 
@@ -22,15 +20,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ more-itertools ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest
-    pytest-flake8
-  ];
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest
-  '';
-
   # Prevent infinite recursion with pytest
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 52a45fc64b7d..0f8b544c1959 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ with super;
 
   pyparsing = disabled super.pyparsing;
 
-  pytest = pytest_4;
+  pytest = disabled super.pytest;
 
-  pytest_4 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pytest { };
+  pytest_4 = disabled super.pytest;
 
   pytest-xdist = disabled super.pytest-xdist;