diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.5.nix
index 1ee4dea51e3b..6e3790917039 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.5.nix
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   checkTarget = "testall";
   # Julia's tests require read/write access to $HOME
   preCheck = ''