diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
index 2facec5491f..b4890de4450 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 build_helper="meson numpy"
+make_check_target=".xbps-testdir/*/${py3_sitelib}/pywt/tests"
 hostmakedepends="python3-meson-python python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3-numpy"
@@ -15,15 +16,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/PyWavelets/pywt"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8f2cbc64ee8142bf069447bf26bc3ff0f5e332a18062c6ca0ea033f20a4fb995
 
-do_check() {
-	local testdir="${wrksrc}/.xbps-testdir/$(date +%s)"
-	python3 -m installer --destdir "${testdir}" dist/*.whl
-
-	# Relative imports in tests preclude running from source tree
-	local pysite="${testdir}/${py3_sitelib}"
-	PYTHONPATH="${pysite}" pytest3 "${pysite}/pywt/tests"
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }