diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosexcover/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosexcover/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0790e7aa227c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nosexcover/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  pythonAtLeast,
-  coverage,
-  nose,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "nosexcover";
-  version = "1.0.11";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  # requires the imp module
-  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.12";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "298c3c655da587f6cab8a666e9f4b150320032431062dea91353988d45c8b883";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    coverage
-    nose
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Extends nose.plugins.cover to add Cobertura-style XML reports";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/cmheisel/nose-xcover/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smmap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smmap/default.nix
index eaaa36a22c95..439ea7980154 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/smmap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/smmap/default.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   fetchPypi,
   buildPythonPackage,
   setuptools,
-  nosexcover,
-  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,11 +16,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-jXkCjqbMEx2l6rCZpdlamY1DxneZVv/+O0VQQJEQdto=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.12";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "smmap" ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nosexcover ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A pure python implementation of a sliding window memory map manager";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 96475aa4fa7f..6f6a4d5feeae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   ninja-python = ninja; # add 2022-08-03
   nosejs = throw "nosejs has been removed since it has not been maintained for 15 years and there are no dependent packages"; # added 2024-05-21
   nose-cov = throw "nose-cov has been removed, it was archived and unmaintained since 2012"; # added 2024-05-21
+  nosexcover = throw "nosexcover has been removed since it has not been maintained and there are no dependent packages"; # added 2024-05-21
   nose-cover3 = throw "nose-cover3 has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-02-16
   nose-cprof = throw "nose-cprof has been removed since it has not been maintained for 7 years and there are no dependent packages"; # added 2024-05-21
   nose-exclude = throw "nose-exclude has been removed since it has not been maintained since 2016"; # added 2024-05-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5b076211e63c..e7f635fe4a13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8900,8 +8900,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nose-xunitmp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-xunitmp { };
 
-  nosexcover = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nosexcover { };
-
   notebook = callPackage ../development/python-modules/notebook { };
 
   notebook-shim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/notebook-shim { };