diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
index 6389b9cdc27..a8fddad2d88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accelio/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [ ./fix-printfs.patch ];
 
   postPatch = ''
+    # Don't build broken examples
+    sed -i '/AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(\[\(examples\|tests\).*\/kernel/d' configure.ac
+
     # Allow the installation of xio kernel headers
     sed -i 's,/opt/xio,''${out},g' src/kernel/xio/Makefile.in
 
@@ -26,8 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i '\,/sbin/ldconfig,d' src/usr/Makefile.am
   '';
 
-  doCheck = true;
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libevent ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libibverbs librdmacm ]