diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix
index 9ea365079451..c9ed6bd90ede 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix
@@ -2,33 +2,41 @@
 , isPy3k
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, future
-, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
 , nose
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "annexremote";
   version = "1.6.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  # use fetchFromGitHub instead of fetchPypi because the test suite of
-  # the package is not included into the PyPI tarball
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "Lykos153";
     repo = "AnnexRemote";
+    rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "08myswj1vqkl4s1glykq6xn76a070nv5mxj0z8ibl6axz89bvypi";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) mock;
-  checkPhase = "nosetests -v";
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -v -e "^TestExport_MissingName" -e "^TestRemoveexportdirectory"
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "annexremote"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Helper module to easily develop git-annex remotes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Lykos153/AnnexRemote";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ montag451 ];
   };
 }