diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
index 32529d839148..e71bcd0e3680 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  # TMP: one test is still problematic, apparently
-  postPatch = "sed '/test-drop-invalid/d' -i tests/meson.build";
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig python3 gobject-introspection gtk-doc docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412 ];
   buildInputs = [ gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gnutls ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib gupnp-igd ];
@@ -50,7 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dintrospection=enabled"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # TODO; see #53293 etc.
+  #doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://nice.freedesktop.org/wiki/;