diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 2c9d9d307ae..56ffd6ee54e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ self: super: {
   safecopy = dontCheck super.safecopy;
   sai-shape-syb = dontCheck super.sai-shape-syb;
   scp-streams = dontCheck super.scp-streams;
+  sdl2 = dontCheck super.sdl2; # the test suite needs an x server
   sdl2-ttf = dontCheck super.sdl2-ttf; # as of version 0.2.1, the test suite requires user intervention
   separated = dontCheck super.separated;
   shadowsocks = dontCheck super.shadowsocks;