diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5966d4594b1..7062834e72a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11422,6 +11422,8 @@ let
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ requests2 ];
 
+    doCheck = false;
+
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "A python module that will check for package updates";
       homepage = https://github.com/bboe/update_checker;