diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/llvm-general/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/llvm-general/default.nix
index 2af0957b840..2eb0a2c5d20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/llvm-general/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/llvm-general/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     testFrameworkHunit testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
   buildTools = [ llvmConfig ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     description = "General purpose LLVM bindings";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;