diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/0001-Don-t-run-flake8-checks-during-the-build.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/0001-Don-t-run-flake8-checks-during-the-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aab9604b9ce8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/0001-Don-t-run-flake8-checks-during-the-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From 4b9801d9bbe535fd6719933b96278915573e3595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me>
-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:42:21 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't run flake8 checks during the build
-
-If the code simply violates their code style, the Nix package shouldn't fail.
----
- pytest.ini | 2 +-
- setup.cfg  | 1 -
- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
-index 9b3c1ec..a5189c1 100644
---- a/pytest.ini
-+++ b/pytest.ini
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- [pytest]
- norecursedirs=dist build .tox .eggs
--addopts=--doctest-modules --flake8
-+addopts=--doctest-modules
- doctest_optionflags=ALLOW_UNICODE ELLIPSIS
- filterwarnings=
- 	ignore:Possible nested set::pycodestyle:113
-diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
-index 3e7bbed..5cac7a2 100644
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ setup_requires = setuptools_scm >= 1.15.0
- testing = 
- 	pytest >= 3.5, !=3.7.3
- 	pytest-checkdocs
--	pytest-flake8
- docs = 
- 	sphinx
- 	jaraco.packaging >= 3.2
--- 
-2.18.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/default.nix
index cf4ae4e435cc..3f9fa4d67caf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco_logging/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools_scm
-, tempora, six, pytest
+, tempora, six
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "31716fe84d3d5df39d95572942513bd4bf8ae0a478f64031eff4c2ea9e83434e";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-Don-t-run-flake8-checks-during-the-build.patch ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ tempora six ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    PYTHONPATH=".:$PYTHONPATH" pytest
-  '';
+  # test no longer packaged with pypi
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jaraco.logging" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Support for Python logging facility";