diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-events/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-events/default.nix
index 1c12e5dbb0b0..5b7decf9416b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-events/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-events/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ binary mtl ];
   testDepends = [ binary mtl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     description = "Library and tool for parsing .eventlog files from GHC";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;