diff --git a/gnu/packages/time.scm b/gnu/packages/time.scm
index 9a1638dd80a..f2bf78f6a05 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/time.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/time.scm
@@ -597,10 +597,7 @@ the C time module reports is the local timezone offset.
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-tzdata))
     (native-inputs
-     (list python-check-manifest
-           python-pytest
-           python-pytest-cov
-           python-pytest-mock))
+     (list python-pytest python-pytest-mock python-setuptools))
     (home-page "https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal")
     (synopsis "Local timezone information for Python")
     (description