diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
index a7fd31cac2f..459aee01f43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "flok99";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libmrss ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck cppcheck;
+  buildInputs = [ libmrss ];
+  checkInputs = [ cppcheck ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace -liconv_hook ""