diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy-migrate/default.nix
index 9cf1ba1b3d8..9b431f29acb 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";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint tempest-lib mock testtools ];
+  checkInputs = [ unittest2 scripttest pytz pylint  mock testtools ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pbr tempita decorator sqlalchemy six sqlparse ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ${python.interpreter} setup.py test
   '';
 
+  # Tests require tempest-lib which requires the broken oslo-config
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/;
     description = "Schema migration tools for SQLAlchemy";