diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apsw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apsw/default.nix
index 8ff78f7ad63..dda3fe6a683 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apsw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apsw/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , sqlite
 , isPyPy
-, pytestCheckHook
+, python
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -25,37 +25,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sqlite
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  # Works around the following error by dropping the call to that function
-  #     def print_version_info(write=write):
-  # >       write("                Python " + sys.executable + " " + str(sys.version_info) + "\n")
-  # E       TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
-  preCheck = ''
-    sed -i '/print_version_info(write)/d' tests.py
+  # Project uses custom test setup to exclude some tests by default, so using pytest
+  # requires more maintenance
+  # https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/issues/335
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} setup.py test
   '';
 
-  pytestFlagsArray = [
-    "tests.py"
-  ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    "testCursor"
-    "testdb"
-    "testLargeObjects"
-    "testLoadExtension"
-    "testShell"
-    "testVFS"
-    "testVFSWithWAL"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    # This is https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/issues/277 but
-    # because we use pytestCheckHook we need to blacklist the test
-    # manually
-    "testzzForkChecker"
-  ];
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "apsw"
   ];
@@ -64,6 +40,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "A Python wrapper for the SQLite embedded relational database engine";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw";
     license = licenses.zlib;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gador ];
   };
 }