diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index 484b533888..803f0052ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -11935,9 +11935,7 @@ realtime client and server.")
         (base32 "1b64j45w35jzhjhnq44bnyad9ydh1iyyd7a6j2c8phxmllyyp2zq"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     (list python-flit-core
-           python-pytest
-           python-pytest-cov))
+     (list python-flit-core python-pytest))
     (home-page "https://github.com/sethmlarson/socksio")
     (synopsis "Sans-I/O implementation of SOCKS4, SOCKS4A, and SOCKS5")
     (description "The @code{socksio} Python module is a client-side sans-I/O