diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
index 8ebb88fa6a73..d588ebb12e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, python, isPy3k, fetchurl, arrow-cpp, cmake, cython, futures, JPype1, numpy, pandas, pytest, pytestrunner, pkgconfig, setuptools_scm, six }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, python, isPy3k, fetchurl, arrow-cpp, cmake, cython, futures, numpy, pandas, pytest, pkgconfig, setuptools_scm, six }:
 
 let
   _arrow-cpp = arrow-cpp.override { inherit python; };
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake cython pkgconfig setuptools_scm ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy six ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ futures ];
-  checkInputs = [ pandas pytest pytestrunner JPype1 ];
+  checkInputs = [ pandas pytest ];
 
   PYARROW_BUILD_TYPE = "release";
   PYARROW_CMAKE_OPTIONS = "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=${ARROW_HOME}/lib";
 
   preCheck = ''
+    rm pyarrow/tests/test_jvm.py
     rm pyarrow/tests/test_hdfs.py
     rm pyarrow/tests/test_cuda.py
 
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   setupPyBuildFlags = ["--with-parquet" ];
 
+  checkPhase = ''
+    mv pyarrow/tests tests
+    rm -rf pyarrow
+    mkdir pyarrow
+    mv tests pyarrow/tests
+    pytest -v
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A cross-language development platform for in-memory data";
     homepage = https://arrow.apache.org/;