diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
index 5d571e03bd4..22ba90e92d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.10.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Hopefully avoids test timeouts on Hydra
   GO_TEST_TIMEOUT_SCALE = 3;
 
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
   # The go build actually checks for CC=*/clang and does something different, so we don't
   # just want the generic `cc` here.
   CC = if stdenv.isDarwin then "clang" else "cc";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index ec22e453140..eec472fb88e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (cd src && ./make.bash)
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform;
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform && !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.12.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.12.nix
index 496206b0f15..68f9d1d531f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.12.nix
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (cd src && ./make.bash)
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform;
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform && !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck