diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix
index 43bb127b6328..30a238b07a83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   # sandboxing issues on aarch64-darwin, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/198495
-  doCheck = postgresql.doCheck;
+  doCheck = postgresql.doInstallCheck;
 
   # required for compatibility with Python versions older than 3.11
   # see https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/blob/v0.29.0/asyncpg/_asyncio_compat.py#L13