diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpuinfo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpuinfo/package.nix
index e0e85e836f8e..847fe651917b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpuinfo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpuinfo/package.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.cmakeBool "USE_SYSTEM_LIBS" true)
   ];
 
-  doCheck = !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64);
+  # The tests check what CPU the host has and makes sure it can query information.
+  # not all build environments may have this information availaible. And, cpuinfo may
+  # not understand all CPUs (causing test failures such as https://github.com/pytorch/cpuinfo/issues/132)
+  # Instead, allow building in any environment.
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Tools and library to detect essential for performance optimization information about host CPU";