diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix
index 1188a5fc502..a0037e24f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [m4];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  #doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";