diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sensor-state-data/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sensor-state-data/default.nix
index 58d85e20122c..fd414913be3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sensor-state-data/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sensor-state-data/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   poetry-core,
   pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pythonOlder,
 }:
 
@@ -23,12 +24,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace " --cov=sensor_state_data --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered" ""
-  '';
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "sensor_state_data" ];