diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/graphviz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/graphviz/default.nix
index 7fb47cf0ab7..c50e0403bd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/graphviz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/graphviz/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   ];
   testDepends = [ fgl filepath QuickCheck systemGraphviz text ];
   jailbreak = true;
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/graphviz/";
     description = "Bindings to Graphviz for graph visualisation";