diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
index ec8f9ca83d93..a1b64442c0bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dateutils/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-PFCOKIm51a7Kt9WdcyWnAIlZMRGhIwpJbasPWtZ3zew=";
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/hroptatyr/dateutils/issues/148
+  postPatch = "rm test/dzone.008.ctst";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ tzdata ]; # needed for datezone
   enableParallelBuilding = true;