diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index fd422a514ef..2b062f58b24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     toDisable = [
       "getnameinfo_basic" # probably network-dependent
       "spawn_setuid_fails" "spawn_setgid_fails" "fs_chown" # user namespaces
+      "getaddrinfo_fail" "getaddrinfo_fail_sync"
     ];
     tdRegexp = lib.concatStringsSep "\\|" toDisable;
     in lib.optionalString doCheck ''
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  crossAttrs.doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O";
     homepage    = https://github.com/libuv/libuv;