diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 6873e214544..8d17c6c20f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ rec {
       sha256 = "1zykapgl9lxnlx79xfghzb26qimhry94xfxfyswwfhra1ywd9yyg";
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ TimeDate DBFile DigestSHA1 FileNFSLock HeapFibonacci IOString ];
+    doCheck = false; # can time out
     meta = {
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ ocharles ];
       platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;