diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
index a244b9ba30c4..5229dd96b75a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest pytestpep8 waitress ];
   checkPhase = ''
+    rm pytest.ini
     py.test
   '';