diff --git a/python-jupyterlab-server.spec b/python-jupyterlab-server.spec
index ae2f5cc..1963068 100644
--- a/python-jupyterlab-server.spec
+++ b/python-jupyterlab-server.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ sed -i '/"jupyterlab_server\[openapi\]/d' pyproject.toml
 # Remove also coverage deps from tests
 sed -i '/"pytest-cov/d' pyproject.toml
 sed -i '/"codecov/d' pyproject.toml
+# Remove hatch dep tests; only needed for invoking them with "hatch run"
+sed -i '/"hatch\b/d' pyproject.toml
 # Remove limit from pytest version
 sed -i '/pytest/s/,<8//' pyproject.toml