diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
index a2295ca1d09..5fa0f6f24ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-pytest-httpserver
 version=1.0.5
 revision=2
 build_style=python3-pep517
-hostmakedepends="python3-poetry-core python3-pip"
+hostmakedepends="python3-poetry-core"
 depends="python3-pytest python3-Werkzeug"
 checkdepends="${depends} python3-MarkupSafe python3-requests"
 short_desc="HTTP server for pytest"
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/csernazs/pytest-httpserver/archive/refs/tags/${ver
 checksum=932843df9fa584e6a664b2e7a21dec4ddf9507c235a78853f21e00b111352395
 
 do_check() {
-	python3 -m pip install --no-deps --target test dist/pytest_httpserver-${version}-py3-none-any.whl
-	PYTHONPATH=test python3 -m pytest tests
+	rm -rf tmp # remove artifacts from previous unsuccessful check run
+	mkdir tmp
+	bsdtar xf dist/pytest_httpserver-$version-py3-none-any.whl -C tmp
+	PYTHONPATH=tmp pytest tests
+	rm -rf tmp
 }
 
 post_install() {