diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/angstrom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/angstrom/default.nix
index 1d3157bdbf1..21482266c28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/angstrom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/angstrom/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildDunePackage, alcotest, result, bigstringaf }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildDunePackage, ocaml, alcotest, result, bigstringaf }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "angstrom";
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
     sha256 = "0w0wavqzdy2hrh7cjyl9w72ad4vndhwhknwvyacvkwkja5wys5b2";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ alcotest ];
+  checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ bigstringaf result ];
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.05";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/inhabitedtype/angstrom";
     description = "OCaml parser combinators built for speed and memory efficiency";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
   };
 }