diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing/default.nix
index e363ca22cf2..5c5ecd8949a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, isPy3k, python }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, isPy3k, isPyPy, python }:
 
 let
   testDir = if isPy3k then "src" else "python2";
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Error for Python3.6: ImportError: cannot import name 'ann_module'
   # See https://github.com/python/typing/pull/280
-  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  # Also, don't bother on PyPy: AssertionError: TypeError not raised
+  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.6" && !isPyPy;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     cd ${testDir}