diff --git a/recipes/mzpaf/meta.yaml b/recipes/mzpaf/meta.yaml
index 65864306a2c57..a9af7c4e44c90 100644
--- a/recipes/mzpaf/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/mzpaf/meta.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ test:
     - mzpaf
   commands:
     - pip check
-    - python -c "import mzpaf; assert hasattr(mzpaf, '__version__')"
   requires:
     - pip