diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 7279060e7827..ca1cb9470681 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11274,7 +11274,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     patches =
       [ ../development/perl-modules/net-amazon-mechanicalturk.patch ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ DigestHMAC LWPProtocolHttps XMLParser ];
-    doCheck = false;
+    doCheck = false; /* wants network */
   };
 
   NetAmazonS3 = buildPerlPackage rec {