diff --git a/testsuite/mpitests/test_delay_exchange.sli b/testsuite/mpitests/test_delay_exchange.sli
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@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  test_delay_exchange.sli
- *
- *  This file is part of NEST.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
- *
- *  NEST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with NEST.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-
-/** @BeginDocumentation
-Name: testsuite::test_delay_exchange - check that delay extrema are exchanged correctly
-
-Synopsis: nest_indirect test_delay_exchange.sli -> compare results for different numbers of jobs
-
-Description:
-This tests that creating a single connection (on a single process) will properly set the delay
-extrema on all processes.
-
-Author:  November 2014, Plesser
-SeeAlso: unittest::distributed_collect_assert_or_die
-*/
-
-(unittest) run
-/unittest using
-
-[4]
-{
-  ResetKernel
-  /n /iaf_psc_alpha Create def
-  n n /one_to_one << /synapse_model /static_synapse /delay 0.5 >> Connect
-  n n /one_to_one << /synapse_model /static_synapse /delay 2.5 >> Connect
-  GetKernelStatus [[/min_delay /max_delay]] get [0.5 2.5] pstack eq
-}
-distributed_collect_assert_or_die
diff --git a/testsuite/pytests/mpi/4/test_delay_exchange.py b/testsuite/pytests/mpi/4/test_delay_exchange.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# test_delay_exchange.py
+#
+# This file is part of NEST.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
+#
+# NEST is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with NEST.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import nest
+
+
+def test_delay_exchange():
+    """
+    Confirm that creating a single connection on a single rank will set delay extrema on all ranks.
+
+    @note This test must be run on multiple MPI ranks to be meaningful.
+    """
+
+    assert nest.num_processes == 4
+
+    min_delay = 0.5
+    max_delay = 2.5
+
+    n = nest.Create("parrot_neuron")
+    nest.Connect(n, n, "one_to_one", {"synapse_model": "static_synapse", "delay": min_delay})
+    nest.Connect(n, n, "one_to_one", {"synapse_model": "static_synapse", "delay": max_delay})
+
+    # Accessing kernel attributes forces GetKernelStatus with exchange of delay info
+    assert nest.min_delay == min_delay
+    assert nest.max_delay == max_delay