diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template b/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
index 0215c0c7917..74f3957a18d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="snappy"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python-devel python3-devel snappy-devel"
-checkdepends="python3-cffi"
 short_desc="Python2 bindings for the snappy compression library from Google"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -14,10 +13,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/andrix/python-snappy"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8a7f803f06083d4106d55387d2daa32c12b5e376c3616b0e2da8b8a87a27d74a
 
-do_check() {
-	python3 setup.py test
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }