diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template b/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
index 5a098995a96..642492e9cd9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cffi/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools libffi-devel"
 makedepends="python-devel python3-devel libffi-devel"
 depends="python-pycparser"
-checkdepends="python-pytest python3-pytest python-pycparser python3-pycparser"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-pycparser"
 short_desc="C foreign function interface for Python2"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ do_check() {
 	excludes+=' and not test_wraps_from_stdlib'
 	excludes+=' and not test_stdcall_only_on_windows'
 
-	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build-2.7/lib* && pwd)" \
-		python2 -m pytest c/ testing/ -x -k "$excludes"
 	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build-${py3_ver}/lib* && pwd)" \
 		python3 -m pytest c/ testing/ -x -k "$excludes"
 }