diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/default.nix
index ba1abdf9445..9f154684f2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   unpackCmd = "lzma -d < $src | tar xv";
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # Disabled because we don't have zdiff in the stdenv bootstrap.
+  #doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Texinfo, the GNU documentation system";