diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 8c11464f9d68..fdbae204bd2c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ in
   bees = handleTest ./bees.nix {};
   bind = handleTest ./bind.nix {};
   bittorrent = handleTest ./bittorrent.nix {};
-  #blivet = handleTest ./blivet.nix {};   # broken since 2017-07024
   buildkite-agent = handleTest ./buildkite-agent.nix {};
   boot = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./boot.nix {}; # syslinux is unsupported on aarch64
   boot-stage1 = handleTest ./boot-stage1.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/blivet.nix b/nixos/tests/blivet.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adc2ee1eeea..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/blivet.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.python2Packages; rec {
-  name = "blivet";
-  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ aszlig ];
-  };
-
-  machine = {
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.python blivet mock ];
-    boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "btrfs" "jfs" "reiserfs" "xfs" ];
-    virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
-  };
-
-  debugBlivet       = false;
-  debugProgramCalls = false;
-
-  pythonTestRunner = pkgs.writeText "run-blivet-tests.py" ''
-    import sys
-    import logging
-
-    from unittest import TestLoader
-    from unittest.runner import TextTestRunner
-
-    ${pkgs.lib.optionalString debugProgramCalls ''
-      blivet_program_log = logging.getLogger("program")
-      blivet_program_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-      blivet_program_log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr))
-    ''}
-
-    ${pkgs.lib.optionalString debugBlivet ''
-      blivet_log = logging.getLogger("blivet")
-      blivet_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-      blivet_log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr))
-    ''}
-
-    runner = TextTestRunner(verbosity=2, failfast=False, buffer=False)
-    result = runner.run(TestLoader().discover('tests/', pattern='*_test.py'))
-    sys.exit(not result.wasSuccessful())
-  '';
-
-  blivetTest = pkgs.writeScript "blivet-test.sh" ''
-    #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -e
-
-    # Use the hosts temporary directory, because we have a tmpfs within the VM
-    # and we don't want to increase the memory size of the VM for no reason.
-    mkdir -p /tmp/xchg/bigtmp
-    TMPDIR=/tmp/xchg/bigtmp
-    export TMPDIR
-
-    cp -Rd "${blivet.src}/tests" .
-
-    # Skip SELinux tests
-    rm -f tests/formats_test/selinux_test.py
-
-    # Race conditions in growing/shrinking during resync
-    rm -f tests/devicelibs_test/mdraid_*
-
-    # Deactivate small BTRFS device test, because it fails with newer btrfsprogs
-    sed -i -e '/^class *BTRFSAsRootTestCase3(/,/^[^ ]/ {
-      /^class *BTRFSAsRootTestCase3(/d
-      /^$/d
-      /^ /d
-    }' tests/devicelibs_test/btrfs_test.py
-
-    # How on earth can these tests ever work even upstream? O_o
-    sed -i -e '/def testDiskChunk[12]/,/^ *[^ ]/{n; s/^ */&return # /}' \
-      tests/partitioning_test.py
-
-    # fix hardcoded temporary directory
-    sed -i \
-      -e '1i import tempfile' \
-      -e 's|_STORE_FILE_PATH = .*|_STORE_FILE_PATH = tempfile.gettempdir()|' \
-      -e 's|DEFAULT_STORE_SIZE = .*|DEFAULT_STORE_SIZE = 409600|' \
-      tests/loopbackedtestcase.py
-
-    PYTHONPATH=".:$(< "${pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-      name = "blivet-pythonpath";
-      buildInputs = [ blivet mock ];
-      buildCommand = "echo \"$PYTHONPATH\" > \"$out\"";
-    }}")" python "${pythonTestRunner}"
-  '';
-
-  testScript = ''
-    $machine->waitForUnit("multi-user.target");
-    $machine->succeed("${blivetTest}");
-    $machine->execute("rm -rf /tmp/xchg/bigtmp");
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
index 9bf93fe8c380..4b96e86193d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blivet/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
   ];
 
-  # Tests are in nixos/tests/blivet.nix.
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {