diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index 4834f0a0bf5..3601b101b66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'flake8'
 pkgname=flake8
-version=3.8.1
+version=3.8.3
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=python3-module
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-setuptools python3-pycodestyle>=2.6.0<2.7.0
  python3-pyflakes>=2.2.0<2.3.0 python3-mccabe>=0.6.0<0.7.0
  python3-entrypoints>=0.3<0.4"
+checkdepends="python3-mock python3-pycodestyle python3-pytest python3-pyflakes"
 short_desc="Modular source code checker: pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ea6623797bf9a52f4c9577d780da0bb17d65f870213f7b5bcc9fca82540c31d5
+checksum=f04b9fcbac03b0a3e58c0ab3a0ecc462e023a9faf046d57794184028123aa208
 
-pre_build() {
-	vsed -i '/setup_requires/d' setup.py
+do_check() {
+	PYTHONPATH="${wrksrc}/src" python3 -m pytest
 }
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE