diff --git a/srcpkgs/fwup/template b/srcpkgs/fwup/template
index e308e95e1a6..69c580f0a24 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fwup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fwup/template
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
 }
 
-do_check() {
+pre_check() {
 	# mtools.conf requires manual configuration for usage, but not for out tests
 	# so we just remove the unrecognized keyword
 	sed -i '/SAMPLE FILE/d' /etc/mtools.conf
-
-	make check
 }