diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
index 83756860cda..42fa5e4ad93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy-stl/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_helper="numpy"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3-setuptools python3-numpy python3-utils"
-checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest-cov python3-docutils"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest-cov python3-pytest-flake8 python3-docutils"
 short_desc="Python3 library to make working with STL files fast and easy"
 maintainer="Karl Nilsson <karl.robert.nilsson@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ pre_build() {
 	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
 }
 
-pre_check() {
-	vsed -i pytest.ini -e s/--flake8//
-}
-
 pkg_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }