diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/unordered-containers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/unordered-containers/default.nix
index 2f786eba949..288e559ce98 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/unordered-containers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/unordered-containers/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     ChasingBottoms hashable HUnit QuickCheck testFramework
     testFrameworkHunit testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tibbe/unordered-containers";
     description = "Efficient hashing-based container types";