diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix
index c0c389d49d19..5a774b6fa3d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/futures/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   disabled = isPy3k;
 
   checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+    ${python.interpreter} test_futures.py
   '';
 
-  # Tests fail
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Backport of the concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2";
     homepage = "https://github.com/agronholm/pythonfutures";