diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
index 965e6f0ec34..aa59c370d2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , fetchpatch
 , docutils
-, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -26,7 +25,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  # Circular dependency with sphinx
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
index 48d74fddd43..a879aef0226 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , docutils
-, pytestCheckHook
-, doCheck ? true
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,8 +15,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
 
-  inherit doCheck;
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  # Circular dependency with sphinx
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 895cddb5733..c4797e299bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6429,24 +6429,18 @@ in {
 
   pytest_5 = callPackage
     ../development/python-modules/pytest/5.nix {
-      # hypothesis & pygments tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
+      # hypothesis tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
       hypothesis = self.hypothesis.override {
         doCheck = false;
       };
-      pygments = self.pygments.override {
-        doCheck = false;
-      };
     };
 
   pytest_6 =
     callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest {
-      # hypothesis & pygments tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
+      # hypothesis tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
       hypothesis = self.hypothesis.override {
         doCheck = false;
       };
-      pygments = self.pygments.override {
-        doCheck = false;
-      };
     };
 
   pytest_6_1 = self.pytest_6.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {