diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
index f087511eb8c..a4c576999bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/ghc-mod
   '';
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.mew.org/~kazu/proj/ghc-mod/";
     description = "Happy Haskell Programming";