diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index b03528de2d5d..7ae6ec8ac926 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = false;
 
   # Don't try to write to /var/cache/fontconfig at install time.
   installFlags = "fc_cachedir=$(TMPDIR)/dummy RUN_FC_CACHE_TEST=false";