diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix
index 142b513e5924..cfc80c4d547a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     Cabal Glob hinotify hspec QuickCheck random systemFileio
     systemFilepath text time uniqueid
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     description = "Cross platform library for file creation, modification, and deletion notification";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;