diff --git a/changelog.d/pr-7690.md b/changelog.d/pr-7690.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a21442855c
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+++ b/changelog.d/pr-7690.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### 🧪 Tests
+
+- test: refactor test_parallel.py to be abit more pytest'y.  [PR #7690](https://github.com/datalad/datalad/pull/7690) (by [@yarikoptic](https://github.com/yarikoptic))
diff --git a/datalad/support/tests/test_parallel.py b/datalad/support/tests/test_parallel.py
index ff7c925606..d93210ebf0 100644
--- a/datalad/support/tests/test_parallel.py
+++ b/datalad/support/tests/test_parallel.py
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
     assert_greater_equal,
     assert_raises,
     assert_repo_status,
-    known_failure_osx,
-    on_osx,
-    on_windows,
     rmtree,
-    skip_if,
     slow,
     with_tempfile,
 )
@@ -45,7 +41,15 @@
 info_log_level = lgr.getEffectiveLevel() >= logging.INFO
 
 
-def check_ProducerConsumer(PC, jobs):
+@pytest.fixture(params=["auto", None, 1, 10])
+def jobs(request):
+    """Fixture to automagically sweep over a sample of "jobs" values
+    """
+    return request.param
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("PC", [ProducerConsumer, ProducerConsumerProgressLog])
+def test_ProducerConsumer_PC(PC, jobs):
     def slowprod(n, secs=0.001):
         for i in range(n):
             yield i
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ def fastcons(i):
             [{"i": i, "status": "ok" if i % 2 else "error"} for i in range(10)])
 
 
-def check_producing_consumer(jobs):
+def test_producing_consumer(jobs):
     def producer():
         yield from range(3)
     def consumer(i):
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ def consumer(i):
     assert_equal(list(pc), [0, 1, 2, "0", "1", "4"])
 
 
-def check_producer_future_key(jobs):
+def test_producer_future_key(jobs):
     def producer():
         for i in range(3):
             yield i, {"k": i**2}  # dict is mutable, will need a key
@@ -100,15 +104,6 @@ def consumer(args):
     assert_equal(list(pc), [0, 1, 2])
 
 
-def test_ProducerConsumer():
-        # Largely a smoke test, which only verifies correct results output
-    for jobs in "auto", None, 1, 10:
-        for PC in ProducerConsumer, ProducerConsumerProgressLog:
-            check_ProducerConsumer(PC, jobs)
-        check_producing_consumer(jobs)
-        check_producer_future_key(jobs)
-
-
 @slow  # 12sec on Yarik's laptop
 @with_tempfile(mkdir=True)
 def test_creatsubdatasets(topds_path=None, n=2):