diff --git a/srcpkgs/xonsh/template b/srcpkgs/xonsh/template
index 2d1e6772149..04dd0d792d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xonsh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xonsh/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
 depends="python3"
-checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-prompt_toolkit python3-Pygments"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-prompt_toolkit python3-Pygments python3-pyte"
 short_desc="Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell"
 maintainer="SolitudeSF <solitudesf@protonmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xonsh/xonsh/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
 distfiles="https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=de132cef00df4c7c0d1071dc26538cd266c6110c2b721fa02b933629a3bc9caa
 register_shell="/bin/xonsh"
-# FIXME: fails with multiple AttributeErrors
-make_check=extended
+# FIXME: AttributeError because of missing XSH.load() and multiple other failures
+make_check=no