diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hakyll/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hakyll/default.nix
index f153a9b3d89a..eb27fde823fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hakyll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hakyll/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     QuickCheck random regexBase regexTdfa tagsoup testFramework
     testFrameworkHunit testFrameworkQuickcheck2 text time
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll";
     description = "A static website compiler library";