diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index d844f2a047a..ad80220549a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Byte-compile elisp code for Emacs.
   hindent = overrideCabal super.hindent (drv: {
+    # https://github.com/chrisdone/hindent/issues/166
+    doCheck = false;
     executableToolDepends = drv.executableToolDepends or [] ++ [pkgs.emacs];
     postInstall = ''
       local lispdir=( "$out/share/"*"-${self.ghc.name}/${drv.pname}-${drv.version}/elisp" )