diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
index 747dd5c7372..ec13e336d44 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="multidict"
 hostmakedepends="python3-Cython python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
-checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-perf python3-coverage python3-pytest-cov"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Multidict implementation from aiohttp"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@VoidLinux.eu>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
@@ -17,5 +17,13 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5caa32ec9fd170b589c804e9e741da5226473174eab6af813bc0183db1f52c1b
 
 do_check() {
-	python3 setup.py test
+	# don't use pytest-runner
+	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
+
+	# don't enable coverage for tests
+	sed -i 's/pytest-cov//' setup.py
+	sed -i '/addopts/d' pytest.ini
+
+	cp -f build/lib.linux-*/multidict/*.so multidict
+	python3 -m pytest
 }