diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
index 876f6c2d67c7..c830950dbac9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
@@ -26,25 +26,10 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pythonPackages.requests
   ];
 
-  optional-dependencies = {
-    lint = with pythonPackages; [
-      black
-      check-manifest
-      flake8
-      flake8-bugbear
-      isort
-    ];
-
-    test = with pythonPackages; [
-      pytest
-      pytest-cov
-      responses
-    ];
-
-    dev = optional-dependencies.lint ++ optional-dependencies.test ++ [ pythonPackages.tox ];
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pythonPackages.pytestCheckHook ] ++ optional-dependencies.test;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonPackages.pytestCheckHook
+    pythonPackages.responses
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mopidy_spotify" ];