diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 50005c06f7d..df6fe0f2d26 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
     configureFlags =  "--extra-include-dirs=${pkgs.rdkafka}/include/librdkafka";
   });
 
-  hw-kafka-client = overrideCabal super.hw-kafka-client (drv: {
+  hw-kafka-client = dontCheck (overrideCabal super.hw-kafka-client (drv: {
     preConfigure = "sed -i -e /extra-lib-dirs/d -e /include-dirs/d -e /librdkafka/d hw-kafka-client.cabal";
     configureFlags =  "--extra-include-dirs=${pkgs.rdkafka}/include/librdkafka";
-  });
+  }));
 
   # Foreign dependency name clashes with another Haskell package.
   libarchive-conduit = super.libarchive-conduit.override { archive = pkgs.libarchive; };