diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-fido2/template b/srcpkgs/python3-fido2/template
index 4cdc7f23cac..687bd065903 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-fido2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-fido2/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-six python3-cryptography python3-pyscard"
 # Missing fakefs will be pulled from pypi
-checkdepends="$depends python3-mock"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-mock python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Library for FIDO2 functionality"
 maintainer="Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/Yubico/python-fido2"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=468f8657cc5b8b149e38a1735fbf5cd65e01a340a11a585caf4e6bade8c4b735
 
+post_extract() {
+	# pytest mis-recognises this file as a test case
+	rm -f examples/test_config.py
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }