diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/default.nix
index 86f9be93f685..468e45fcff16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/darcs/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     mkdir -p $out/etc/bash_completion.d
     mv contrib/darcs_completion $out/etc/bash_completion.d/darcs
   '';
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://darcs.net/";
     description = "a distributed, interactive, smart revision control system";