diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/depthcharge-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/depthcharge-tools/default.nix
index 240960f1e..ea46f5e96 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/depthcharge-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/depthcharge-tools/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
   setuptools,
-  stdenv
+  stdenv,
+  wrapPython,
 }: stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "depthcharge-tools";
   version = "0.6.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alpernebbi";
@@ -20,16 +21,28 @@
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pypaBuildHook
     pypaInstallHook
+    wrapPython
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     setuptools  #< needs `pkg_resources` at runtime
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "depthcharge_tools"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/alpernebbi/depthcharge-tools";
     description = "Tools to manage the Chrome OS bootloader";
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/fastcluster/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/fastcluster/default.nix
index 3b879c671..d25f36629 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/fastcluster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/fastcluster/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   numpy,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
-  setuptools,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
+  setuptoolsBuildHook,
   stdenv,
 }: stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "fastcluster";
@@ -22,17 +23,20 @@
     oldest-supported-numpy
     pypaBuildHook
     pypaInstallHook
-    setuptools
+    setuptoolsBuildHook
   ];
 
-  # propagatedBuildInputs = [
-  #   numpy
-  # ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "fastcluster"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://danifold.net/fastcluster.html";
     description = "fast hierarchical clustering routines for R and Python";
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/feedsearch-crawler/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/feedsearch-crawler/default.nix
index 94c63cc9c..4f0182e67 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/feedsearch-crawler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/feedsearch-crawler/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
   stdenv,
 # nativeBuildInputs python packages
   poetry-core,
@@ -62,10 +63,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     yarl
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "feedsearch_crawler"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://feedsearch.dev";
     description = "Crawl sites for RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds";
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/listparser/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/listparser/default.nix
index 55f361f44..4d95f2336 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/listparser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/listparser/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
   requests,
   stdenv,
 }:
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/ols/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/ols/default.nix
index 506618b70..ea2688659 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/ols/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/ols/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitea,
   aiohttp,
   fastcluster,
@@ -9,10 +8,11 @@
   numpy,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
   scipy,
-  setuptools,
+  setuptoolsBuildHook,
   stdenv,
-# , wheel
+  wrapPython,
 }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "ols";
   version = "0.1.0-unstable-2024-06-21";
@@ -49,14 +49,24 @@
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pypaBuildHook
     pypaInstallHook
-    setuptools
-    # wheel
+    setuptoolsBuildHook
+    wrapPython
   ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "ols"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/tpikonen/ols";
     description = "HTTP location service with Mozilla Location Service (MLS) compatible API";
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/pa-dlna/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/pa-dlna/default.nix
index b7b424483..a7a0fda3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/pa-dlna/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/pa-dlna/default.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
   libpulseaudio,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
+  pythonImportsCheckHook,
   psutil,
   pulseaudio,
   stdenv,
+  wrapPython,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     flit-core
     pypaBuildHook
     pypaInstallHook
+    wrapPython
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -42,10 +45,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # ffmpeg flac lame
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "pa_dlna"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pa-dlna.readthedocs.io/en/stable/";
     description = "An UPnP control point forwarding PulseAudio streams to DLNA devices";
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-bolt7/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-bolt7/default.nix
index 49f00a139..b0d147046 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-bolt7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-bolt7/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # based on: <https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin/blob/master/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-bolt7/default.nix>
 {
-  buildPythonPackage,
   clightning,
   poetry-core,
   pyln-proto,
   pypaBuildHook,
   pypaInstallHook,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptoolsBuildHook,
   stdenv,
   unzip,
 }:
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pyln-proto
   ];
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-client/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-client/default.nix
index 5d3d44c0e..3b8da51e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-client/default.nix
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-proto/default.nix b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-proto/default.nix
index cff202822..de112fc3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-proto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages/pyln-proto/default.nix
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 }