diff --git a/main/py-simplejson/APKBUILD b/main/py-simplejson/APKBUILD
index 8b596ee1f32..c19347447da 100644
--- a/main/py-simplejson/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/py-simplejson/APKBUILD
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ depends=""
 makedepends="py-setuptools python2-dev python3-dev"
 subpackages="py2-$_pkgname:_py2 py3-$_pkgname:_py3"
 source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_pkgname:0:1}/$_pkgname/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
-builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgname-$pkgver"
+builddir="$srcdir"/$_pkgname-$pkgver
 
 build() {
 	cd "$builddir"
-
 	python2 setup.py build
-	python2 setup.py test
-
 	python3 setup.py build
+}
+
+check() {
+	cd "$builddir"
+	python2 setup.py test
 	python3 setup.py test
 }