diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index dd90fb07e..eb8fdad26 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ class BaseTest:
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, a.__setitem__, slice(0, 1), b)
 
     # TODO: RUSTPYTHON
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    # @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_extended_set_del_slice(self):
         indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 100, sys.maxsize, -1, -2, -31, -100)
         for start in indices:
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ class NumberTest(BaseTest):
         self.assertEqual(a[-1000:-2000:-2], array.array(self.typecode, []))
 
     # TODO: RUSTPYTHON
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    # @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_delslice(self):
         a = array.array(self.typecode, range(5))
         del a[::2]
diff --git a/tests/snippets/stdlib_array.py b/tests/snippets/stdlib_array.py
index 9bdd92598..516572013 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/stdlib_array.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/stdlib_array.py
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ a[0:0:9999999999] = c
 assert a == array(T, [100, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100])
 a[0:0:-9999999999] = c
 assert a == array(T, [100, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100])
+del a[::9999999999]
+assert a == array(T, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100])
+del a[::-9999999999]
+assert a == array(T, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
+del a[0:0:9999999999]
+assert a == array(T, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
+del a[0:0:-9999999999]
+assert a == array(T, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/array.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/array.rs
index e322561f7..6938980b3 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/array.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/array.rs
@@ -344,7 +344,79 @@ macro_rules! def_array_enum {
             }
 
             fn delitem_by_slice(&mut self, slice: PySliceRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
-                Err(vm.new_not_implemented_error("FIX NOW".to_owned()))
+                let start = slice.start_index(vm)?;
+                let stop = slice.stop_index(vm)?;
+                let step = slice.step_index(vm)?.unwrap_or_else(BigInt::one);
+
+                if step.is_zero() {
+                    return Err(vm.new_value_error("slice step cannot be zero".to_owned()));
+                }
+
+                match self {
+                    $(ArrayContentType::$n(elements) => {
+                        if step == BigInt::one() {
+                            let range = get_slice_range(&start, &stop, elements.len());
+                            if range.start < range.end {
+                                elements.drain(range);
+                            }
+                            return Ok(());
+                        }
+
+                        let (start, stop, step, is_negative_step) = if step.is_negative() {
+                            (
+                                stop.map(|x| if x == -BigInt::one() {
+                                    elements.len() + BigInt::one()
+                                } else {
+                                    x + 1
+                                }),
+                                start.map(|x| if x == -BigInt::one() {
+                                    BigInt::from(elements.len())
+                                } else {
+                                    x + 1
+                                }),
+                                -step,
+                                true
+                            )
+                        } else {
+                            (start, stop, step, false)
+                        };
+
+                        let range = get_slice_range(&start, &stop, elements.len());
+                        if range.start >= range.end {
+                            return Ok(());
+                        }
+
+                        // step is not negative here
+                        if let Some(step) = step.to_usize() {
+                            let mut indexes = if is_negative_step {
+                                itertools::Either::Left(range.clone().rev().step_by(step).rev()).peekable()
+                            } else {
+                                itertools::Either::Right(range.clone().step_by(step)).peekable()
+                            };
+
+                            let mut deleted = 0;
+
+                            // passing whole range, swap or overlap
+                            for i in range.clone() {
+                                if indexes.peek() == Some(&i) {
+                                    indexes.next();
+                                    deleted += 1;
+                                } else {
+                                    elements.swap(i - deleted, i);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            // then drain (the values to delete should now be contiguous at the end of the range)
+                            elements.drain((range.end - deleted)..range.end);
+                        } else {
+                            // edge case, step is too big for usize
+                            // same behaviour as CPython
+                            elements.remove(
+                                if is_negative_step { range.end -1 } else { range.start }
+                            );
+                        }
+                        Ok(())
+                    })*
+                }
             }
 
             fn repr(&self, _vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<String> {
@@ -596,7 +668,7 @@ impl PyArray {
     fn delitem(&self, needle: Either<isize, PySliceRef>, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
         match needle {
             Either::A(i) => self.borrow_value_mut().delitem_by_idx(i, vm),
-            Either::B(slice) => self.borrow_value_mut().delitem_by_slice(slice, vm)
+            Either::B(slice) => self.borrow_value_mut().delitem_by_slice(slice, vm),
         }
     }