diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
index 532bfd1f9450..a42e2ad6eeaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (cmakeBool "ENABLE_MAC" false) # requires xcodebuild
     (cmakeBool "ENABLE_QT" (enableQt5 || enableQt6))
     (cmakeBool "INSTALL_LIB" installLib)
+    (cmakeBool "RUN_CLANG_TIDY" false)
   ]
   ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # Transmission sets this to 10.13 if not explicitly specified, see https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/0be7091eb12f4eb55f6690f313ef70a66795ee72/CMakeLists.txt#L7-L16.