diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vectorcode/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vectorcode/package.nix
index ca61d11be394..7ada551b10b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vectorcode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vectorcode/package.nix
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       };
   '';
 
+  # Test collection breaks on aarch64-linux, because the transitive onnxruntime
+  # tries to read /sys/devices/system/cpu, which does not exist in the sandbox.
+  #
+  # We inherit the issue from chromadb, so inherit its `doCheck` attribute.
+  inherit (python.pkgs.chromadb) doCheck;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "vectorcode" ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs =