diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvncserver/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvncserver/package.nix
index ecaceb3c56ad..5daa8e6d1f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvncserver/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvncserver/package.nix
@@ -44,8 +44,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_SYSTEMD" withSystemd)
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" enableShared)
     (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_EXAMPLES" buildExamples)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_TESTS" finalAttrs.doCheck)
   ];
 
+  # This test checks if using the **installed** headers works.
+  # As it doesn't set the include paths correctly, and we have nixpkgs-review to check if
+  # packages continue to build, patching it would serve no purpose, so we can just remove the test entirely.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail 'add_test(NAME includetest COMMAND' '# add_test(NAME includetest COMMAND'
+  '';
+
   buildInputs =
     [
       libjpeg
@@ -61,6 +70,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     zlib
   ];
 
+  doCheck = enableShared;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "VNC server library";
     homepage = "https://libvnc.github.io/";