diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/patches/test-optional-mpmath.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/patches/test-optional-mpmath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ad8b347c11..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/patches/test-optional-mpmath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Skip mpmath test if module not available
-
-diff --git a/test/test_mpfr.py b/test/test_mpfr.py
-index 03f0a44..e9deb79 100644
---- a/test/test_mpfr.py
-+++ b/test/test_mpfr.py
-@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from decimal import Decimal
- import pytest
- from hypothesis import given, example, settings
- from hypothesis.strategies import floats
--import mpmath
- 
- import gmpy2
- from gmpy2 import (gamma_inc, mpfr, cmp, cmp_abs, zero, nan, mpz, mpq,
-@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ def test_mpfr_nrandom():
- 
- 
- def test_mpfr_mpmath():
-+    mpmath = pytest.importorskip("mpmath")
-     a, b, c, d = '1.1', '-1.1', '-3.14', '0'
-     assert mpfr(a)._mpf_ == (0, mpz(4953959590107546), -52, 53)
-     assert mpmath.mpf(mpfr(a)) == mpmath.mpf(a)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
index bd9adf30523..307eed41980 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-gmpy2'
 pkgname=python3-gmpy2
-version=2.2.0a1
+# need $version > 2.2.0a1 which we shipped before by necessity
+version=2.2.0r
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
@@ -12,14 +13,10 @@ maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/aleaxit/gmpy"
 changelog="https://github.com/aleaxit/gmpy/releases"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gmpy2/gmpy2-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3b8acc939a40411a8ad5541ed178ff866dd1759e667ee26fe34c9291b6b350c3
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gmpy2/gmpy2-${version%r}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e19e62dfeb1e4a57079f0bf51c51dec30633d9fe9e89cb9a083e05e4823afa70
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" = full ]; then
 	# this would cause a build-time circular dependency
 	checkdepends+=" python3-mpmath"
 fi
-
-do_check() {
-	( cd test && PYTHONPATH="$(cd ../build/lib* && pwd)" python3 runtests.py )
-}