diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
index ab15c201d92..cea7e6539b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ releaseTools.sourceTarball {
     done
 
     header "checking eval-release.nix"
-    nix-instantiate --eval-only --strict --xml --show-trace ./maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix > $TMPDIR/out.xml
-    xmllint --noout $TMPDIR/out.xml
+    nix-instantiate --eval-only --strict --show-trace ./maintainers/scripts/eval-release.nix > /dev/null
     stopNest
   '';