diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zip-archive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zip-archive/default.nix
index 6bbe2844612..45f2ac96319 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zip-archive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zip-archive/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ binary digest filepath mtl time utf8String zlib ];
   testDepends = [ HUnit time ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/jgm/zip-archive";
     description = "Library for creating and modifying zip archives";