diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
index 698c5c75bdfe..c0f2213da657 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ luarocks_bootstrap.overrideAttrs (old: {
 
   patches = [ ];
 
+  doInstallCheck = false;
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
       # tags incompletely inherited from regular luarocks