diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/picoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/picoc/default.nix
index 290abca5474..e9893dfd1c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/picoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/picoc/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # Tests are currently broken on i686 see
+  # http://hydra.nixos.org/build/24003763/nixlog/1
+  doCheck = if stdenv.isi686 then false else true;
   checkTarget = "test";
 
   installPhase = ''