diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
index 38d808c899ac..61d3dbcd4295 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) man-db;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # disable darwin pending https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/462090 getting through staging
+  doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     coreutils