diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
index c2e454d08cd..8a5609c1cd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0ld2bihp9kmf57ykgzrfgxs4j9kxlw79sgdj9sfn47snw3izb2p6";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint mock testtools testrepository ];
+  checkInputs = [ unittest2 scripttest pytz mock testtools testrepository ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pbr tempita decorator sqlalchemy six sqlparse ];
 
   prePatch = ''