diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index a3bfa87f635..6f48eabe674 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ self: super: {
     preBuild = "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/dist/build:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH";
     # https://github.com/idris-lang/Idris-dev/issues/2499
     librarySystemDepends = (drv.librarySystemDepends or []) ++ [pkgs.gmp];
+    # test suite cannot find its own "idris" binary
+    doCheck = false;
   });
 
   # https://github.com/pontarius/pontarius-xmpp/issues/105