diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_apputils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_apputils/default.nix
index 22d309acbcd..51b03bf5594 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_apputils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_apputils/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ${python.executable} setup.py google_test
   '';
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # ERROR:root:Trying to access flag test_tmpdir before flags were parsed.
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Google Application Utilities for Python";