diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tokenizers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tokenizers/default.nix
index 8973d34f5af8..544dbf1beafc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tokenizers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tokenizers/default.nix
@@ -76,15 +76,12 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     numpy
   ];
 
-  installCheckInputs = [
+  checkInputs = [
     datasets
     pytestCheckHook
     requests
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-
   postUnpack = ''
     # Add data files for tests, otherwise tests attempt network access.
     mkdir $sourceRoot/tests/data