diff --git a/src/ukify/test/meson.build b/src/ukify/test/meson.build
index e39178f892..e78e76c673 100644
--- a/src/ukify/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/ukify/test/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 if want_ukify and want_tests != 'false'
-   test('test-ukify',
-        files('test_ukify.py'),
-        env : test_env)
+        have_pytest_flakes = pymod.find_installation(
+                'python3',
+                required : false,
+                modules : ['pytest_flakes'],
+        ).found()
+
+        args = ['-v']
+        if have_pytest_flakes
+                args += ['--flakes']
+        endif
+
+        test('test-ukify',
+             files('test_ukify.py'),
+             args: args,
+             env : test_env)
 endif
diff --git a/src/ukify/test/setup.cfg b/src/ukify/test/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f655da834..0000000000
--- a/src/ukify/test/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[tool:pytest]
-addopts = --flakes
diff --git a/src/ukify/test/test_ukify.py b/src/ukify/test/test_ukify.py
index 1013f649be..3cd895fe36 100755
--- a/src/ukify/test/test_ukify.py
+++ b/src/ukify/test/test_ukify.py
@@ -495,4 +495,4 @@ def test_pcr_signing2(kernel_initrd, tmpdir):
     assert len(sig['sha1']) == 6   # six items for six phases paths
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(pytest.main([__file__, '-v']))
+    sys.exit(pytest.main(sys.argv))