diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tracerite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tracerite/default.nix
index cef7d5ce190d..0292b7e41a7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tracerite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tracerite/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   html5tagger,
   pytestCheckHook,
   beautifulsoup4,
-  torch,
+  numpy,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     beautifulsoup4
-    torch
+    numpy
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "tracerite" ];
 
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # requiring torch to test tensor rendering in tracebacks is too expensive
+    "tests/test_inspector_torch.py"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tracebacks for Humans in Jupyter notebooks";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sanic-org/tracerite";