diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix
index 9888da5c3ec..a424041dbc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0dk9jx9hjjwsgly0iwvr5hhw870zlx21gwar7zxlzfq0zdzqqkpa";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # Test can randomly fail: http://hydra.nixos.org/build/7243912
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Check, a unit testing framework for C";