diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 760759300f6..d0d7f60c909 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8330,6 +8330,7 @@ let
       py.test
       cd ..
     '';
+    doCheck = !isPyPy;  # failures due to sqla version mismatch
 
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/crosspop/sqlalchemy-imageattach;