diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkgconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkgconfig/default.nix
index 05f13e8878a..1b03f720fbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkgconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pkgconfig/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose, pkgconfig }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pkg-config }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pkgconfig";
   version = "1.5.1";
 
-  inherit (pkgconfig)
+  inherit (pkg-config)
     setupHooks
     wrapperName
     suffixSalt
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "97bfe3d981bab675d5ea3ef259045d7919c93897db7d3b59d4e8593cba8d354f";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests
-  '';
+  doCheck = false;
 
   patches = [ ./executable.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pkgconfig/pkgconfig.py --replace 'PKG_CONFIG_EXE = "pkg-config"' 'PKG_CONFIG_EXE = "${pkgconfig}/bin/${pkgconfig.targetPrefix}pkg-config"'
+    substituteInPlace pkgconfig/pkgconfig.py --replace 'PKG_CONFIG_EXE = "pkg-config"' 'PKG_CONFIG_EXE = "${pkg-config}/bin/${pkg-config.targetPrefix}pkg-config"'
   '';
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pkgconfig" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Interface Python with pkg-config";
     homepage = "https://github.com/matze/pkgconfig";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 80f5f6cab1c..c31d2fa4d95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4667,7 +4667,7 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.libsForQt5) soqt;
   };
 
-  pkgconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkgconfig { inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig; };
+  pkgconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkgconfig { inherit (pkgs) pkg-config; };
 
   pkginfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkginfo { };