diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qimage2ndarray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qimage2ndarray/default.nix
index a7c0fa3ff4a4..3949361a0a8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qimage2ndarray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qimage2ndarray/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib, pkgs, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
 , numpy
 , pyqt5
-, nose
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -14,15 +13,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "b02bd2dc7de774f954544312ec1020cf2d7e03fdd23ec9eb79901da55ccb3365";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [
-    nose
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     numpy
     pyqt5
   ];
 
+  # no tests executed
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/hmeine/qimage2ndarray";
     description = "A small python extension for quickly converting between QImages and numpy.ndarrays (in both directions)";