diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index e8a765b8a265..754dc78733ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ jobs:
               continue
             fi
 
-            if ! echo "$filenames" | grep -qi riscv; then
-              echo "$pkg does not distribute riscv64 wheel anymore!"
+            # A pure-Python wheel (*-none-any.whl) also installs on riscv64
+            if ! echo "$filenames" | grep -Eqi 'riscv|-none-any\.whl$'; then
+              echo "$pkg does not distribute riscv64 or pure-Python wheel anymore!"
               ret=1
             fi
           done < ci_scripts/deprecated.txt
diff --git a/ci_scripts/deprecated.txt b/ci_scripts/deprecated.txt
index 9285844f1fd9..dc1a7784652f 100644
--- a/ci_scripts/deprecated.txt
+++ b/ci_scripts/deprecated.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 # List of deprecated packages. Deprecated packages are those which are now built
-# for riscv64 platforms by the upstream projects, so we don't need to maintain a
-# build workflow for it ourselves. Previously-built wheels should remain in the
-# RISE package registry.
+# for riscv64 platforms (or shipped as pure-Python wheels) by the upstream
+# projects, so we don't need to maintain a build workflow for it ourselves.
+# Previously-built wheels should remain in the RISE package registry.
 
 aiohttp
 argon2-cffi-bindings