diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
index 1a388bfe4afa..959c8a8070bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if disabled
 then throw "${name} not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}"
 else
 
-python.stdenv.mkDerivation (builtins.removeAttrs attrs ["disabled"] // {
+python.stdenv.mkDerivation (builtins.removeAttrs attrs ["disabled" "checkInputs"] // {
 
   name = namePrefix + name;