diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
index bf72ec76725..8474b387d85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcouchbase/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libevent openssl ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
   checkPhase = "ctest";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mygpoclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mygpoclient/default.nix
index 097898a2d84..5f30316eb71 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mygpoclient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mygpoclient/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     nosetests
   '';
 
+  doCheck = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A gpodder.net client library";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mitmproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mitmproxy/default.nix
index 5f7537eda18..d3b62d3259c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mitmproxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mitmproxy/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sed 's/>=\([0-9]\.\?\)\+\( \?, \?<\([0-9]\.\?\)\+\)\?//' -i setup.py
   '';
 
+  doCheck = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
+
   checkPhase = ''
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8