diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/2.0/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/2.0/default.nix
index 07082cf012b..11e262f1716 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/2.0/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pypy/2.0/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let
        export HOME="$TMPDIR";
        # disable shutils because it assumes gid 0 exists
        # disable socket because it has two actual network tests that fail
-      ./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c --ignore lib-python/2.7/test/test_shutil.py --ignore lib-python/2.7/test_socket.py lib-python
+      ./pypy-c ./pypy/test_all.py --pypy=./pypy-c -k '-test_socket -test_shutil' lib-python
     '';
 
     installPhase = ''