diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index 7eb5fc42fcd..fcb74e54ca0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -3,18 +3,24 @@ pkgname=flake8
 version=6.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
-make_check_args="--deselect=tests/unit/plugins/pycodestyle_test.py"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes python3-mccabe"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-mock python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Modular source code checker: pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe"
 maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="MIT"
-homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/flake8/master/docs/source/release-notes/$version.rst"
+homepage="https://flake8.pycqa.org/"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/flake8/main/docs/source/release-notes/${version}.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c61007e76655af75e6785a931f452915b371dc48f56efd765247c8fe68f2b181
 
+do_check() {
+	local testdir="tmp/$(date +%s)"
+	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root=${testdir}
+	PATH="${testdir}/usr/bin:${PATH}" PYTHONPATH="${testdir}/${py3_sitelib}" pytest3 \
+		--ignore tests/unit/plugins/pycodestyle_test.py
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }