diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark-parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark-parser/default.nix
index 3543cc0abadbc4f..066fdde13d2fdba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark-parser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spark-parser/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
-  nose,
+  unittestCheckHook,
   click,
 }:
 
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0np2y4jcir4a4j18wws7yzkz2zj6nqhdhn41rpq8pyskg6wrgfx7";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ nose ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ click ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
+  unittestFlagsArray = [ "-s" "test" "-v" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Early-Algorithm Context-free grammar Parser";
     mainProgram = "spark-parser-coverage";