diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tpm2-tss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tpm2-tss/default.nix
index 11ffdc374d64..b8b68919c807 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tpm2-tss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tpm2-tss/default.nix
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
   doInstallCheck =
-    stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+    stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform
+    && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+    # Tests rely on mocking, which can't work with static libs.
+    && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic;
   # Since we rewrote the load path in the dynamic loader for the TCTI
   # The various tcti implementation should be placed in their target directory
   # before we could run tests, so we make turn checkPhase into installCheckPhase