diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfplumber/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfplumber/default.nix
index a4dbe9dfb184..a43eaae34a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfplumber/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfplumber/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,22 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, pythonOlder
-# build inputs
-, pdfminer-six
-, pillow
-, wand
-# check inputs
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pytest-cov
-, pytest-parallel
-, flake8
-, black
-, isort
-, pandas
-, mypy
-, pandas-stubs
-, types-pillow
 , jupyterlab
 , nbexec
+, pandas
+, pandas-stubs
+, pdfminer-six
+, pillow
+, pytest-parallel
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, types-pillow
+, wand
 }:
-let
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pdfplumber";
   version = "0.9.0";
-in
-buildPythonPackage {
-  inherit pname version;
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -38,6 +28,11 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     hash = "sha256-cGTn1JTSp1YvksemjlvvToZcVauZ7GKINiNmG5f4zKg=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace "--cov=pdfplumber --cov-report xml:coverage.xml --cov-report term" ""
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pdfminer-six
     pillow
@@ -49,18 +44,13 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   '';
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-cov
-    pytest-parallel
-    flake8
-    black
-    isort
-    pandas
-    mypy
-    pandas-stubs
-    types-pillow
     jupyterlab
     nbexec
+    pandas
+    pandas-stubs
+    pytest-parallel
+    pytestCheckHook
+    types-pillow
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
@@ -73,7 +63,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables.";
+    description = "Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, et cetera — and easily extract text and tables";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber";
     changelog = "https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;