diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template b/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
index 0a0ccbefd5f..e3e3405e3c4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cryptography/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ hostmakedepends="python-setuptools openssl-devel python-enum34
  python-ipaddress python-six python-cffi python-idna"
 makedepends="openssl-devel python-devel"
 depends="python-cffi python-six python-enum34 python-idna python-ipaddress"
-checkdepends="python-cryptography_vectors python-hypothesis python-pretend
- python-pytest python-pytz python-iso8601 ${depends}"
 short_desc="Python2 library that provides cryptographic recipes and primitives"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, Apache-2.0"
@@ -17,10 +15,8 @@ homepage="https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyca/cryptography/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/cryptography/cryptography-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5a60d3780149e13b7a6ff7ad6526b38846354d11a15e21068e57073e29e19bed
-
-do_check() {
-	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build/lib* && pwd)" python2.7 -m pytest tests
-}
+# Test dependency python-iso8601 has been dropped
+make_check=no
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE