diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotion/default.nix
index 645bbc39c14c..50336dddb687 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotion/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   pytest-aiohttp,
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pythonOlder,
   yarl,
 }:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     aresponses
     pytest-aiohttp
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/binance-connector/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/binance-connector/default.nix
index 0b1b760bf95a..5e76268d7cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/binance-connector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/binance-connector/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   requests,
   websocket-client,
   # dependencies for tests
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytest,
   sure,
   responses,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytest
     sure
     responses
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brottsplatskartan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brottsplatskartan/default.nix
index 71a8f3ce37aa..8de7c2194ab2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brottsplatskartan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brottsplatskartan/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   requests,
 }:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cashews/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cashews/default.nix
index 3d75bc80c475..83ff91c16f11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cashews/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cashews/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   lib,
   pytest,
   pytest-asyncio,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytest-rerunfailures,
   pytestCheckHook,
   redis,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hypothesis
     pytest
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytest-rerunfailures
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cffconvert/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cffconvert/default.nix
index fcf6f222984c..befd378ac31d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cffconvert/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cffconvert/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   pykwalify,
   jsonschema,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     jsonschema
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  checkInputs = [
-    # addopts uses --no-cov
-    pytest-cov
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hydrawiser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hydrawiser/default.nix
index 971583742ef8..84ffe3bcc7e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hydrawiser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hydrawiser/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pytest-asyncio,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   requests,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
     requests
     requests-mock
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
index 45695a23166e..635e55b53382 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchPypi,
   isPy27,
   pytest,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   nbval,
   jupyter-packaging,
   ipywidgets,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     nbval
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ndindex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ndindex/default.nix
index ee44e9b1544c..5bd31f3042a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ndindex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ndindex/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   # tests
   hypothesis,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
-      --replace "--cov=ndindex/ --cov-report=term-missing --flakes" ""
+      --replace "--flakes" ""
   '';
 
   passthru.optional-dependencies.arrays = [ numpy ];
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     hypothesis
-    pytest-cov # uses cov markers
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ passthru.optional-dependencies.arrays;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-protobuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-protobuf/default.nix
index d5388bb849fd..5bbed7bb1b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-protobuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-protobuf/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   typing-extensions,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-benchmark,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pydantic,
 }:
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pydantic
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-benchmark
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
   ];
 
   pytestFlagsArray = [ "--benchmark-disable" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix
index e7683a259fd3..8d0196473c09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   pyexcel-xls,
   psutil,
   pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pyexcel
     pyexcel-xls
     psutil
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynws/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynws/default.nix
index 444b28ddbb4d..a923be9c4a33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynws/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynws/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   metar,
   pytest-aiohttp,
   pytest-asyncio,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     freezegun
     pytest-aiohttp
     pytest-asyncio
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues optional-dependencies);
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cov-stub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cov-stub/default.nix
index 0d2ab63bd9bd..1a177559f319 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cov-stub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-cov-stub/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-cov-stub";
+  # please use pythonRemoveDeps rather than change this version
   version = (lib.importTOML ./src/pyproject.toml).project.version;
   pyproject = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvera/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvera/default.nix
index 7fbc696ec598..5a6c502e2eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvera/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvera/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   poetry-core,
-  pytest-cov,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytest-timeout,
   responses,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest-asyncio
     pytest-timeout
-    pytest-cov
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
     responses
   ];