diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/default.nix
index dfca21b1ce3..c4039458d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   testDepends = [
     conduit hspec hspecExpectations HUnit systemFileio transformers
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/";
     description = "Haskell API Search";