diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
index 5fa0f6f24ea..f04aa3c6b4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/csernazs/pytest-httpserver/master/C
 distfiles="https://github.com/csernazs/pytest-httpserver/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=932843df9fa584e6a664b2e7a21dec4ddf9507c235a78853f21e00b111352395
 
-do_check() {
-	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() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }