diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gx/gxml/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gx/gxml/package.nix
index 1ec14d461e72..f28c16d9ff6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gx/gxml/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gx/gxml/package.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail ">=0" ">= 0"
   '';
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/407969
+  doCheck = false;
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };