diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
index 6869d16d5a46..215cc853101c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+, stdenv
+, pythonOlder
+, isPy27
 , appdirs
 , contextlib2
-, cython
 , distlib
-, fetchPypi
 , filelock
-, fish
-, flaky
 , importlib-metadata
 , importlib-resources
-, isPy27
-, lib
 , pathlib2
-, pytest-freezegun
-, pytest-mock
-, pytest-timeout
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
 , setuptools_scm
 , six
-, stdenv
-, xonsh
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -55,33 +47,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ./0001-Check-base_prefix-and-base_exec_prefix-for-Python-2.patch
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [
-    cython
-    fish
-    flaky
-    pytest-freezegun
-    pytest-mock
-    pytest-timeout
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [
-    xonsh
-  ];
-
-  preCheck = "export HOME=$(mktemp -d)";
-
-  # Ignore tests which requires network access
-  pytestFlagsArray = [
-    "--ignore tests/unit/create/test_creator.py"
-    "--ignore tests/unit/seed/embed/test_bootstrap_link_via_app_data.py"
-  ];
-
-  disabledTests = [ "test_can_build_c_extensions" ];
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "virtualenv" ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "A tool to create isolated Python environments";
     homepage = "http://www.virtualenv.org";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
   };
 }