diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepsearch-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepsearch-toolkit/default.nix
index 451c878b4480..6bcb4fb230e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepsearch-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepsearch-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
   poetry-core,
+
+  # dependencies
   certifi,
   docling-core,
   platformdirs,
@@ -20,18 +24,18 @@
   anyio,
   fastapi,
   uvicorn,
-  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "deepsearch-toolkit";
   version = "2.0.1";
   pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "DS4SD";
     repo = "deepsearch-toolkit";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-nrz9pvyA5gPIaKt6CsJOB9cLy3sXiWW5e1Rk4vtNIY8=";
   };
 
@@ -61,8 +65,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "urllib3"
   ];
 
-  optional-dependencies = rec {
-    all = api;
+  optional-dependencies = {
     api = [
       anyio
       fastapi
@@ -70,25 +73,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
   };
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "deepsearch"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "deepsearch" ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    # Tests require the creation of a deepsearch profile
-    "test_project_listing"
-    "test_system_info"
-  ];
+  # The remaining tests either require the creation of a deepsearch profile, or
+  # exercise the deprecated `export_to_markdown`, which relies on the legacy
+  # document models docling-core removed in favor of empty import shims:
+  # https://github.com/docling-project/docling-core/pull/644
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/DS4SD/deepsearch-toolkit/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/DS4SD/deepsearch-toolkit/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
     description = "Interact with the Deep Search platform for new knowledge explorations and discoveries";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DS4SD/deepsearch-toolkit";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
-}
+})