diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 10a180dc5d0c..c5f8710b51ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -967,7 +967,8 @@ in
       writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
 
-    doCheck = lua.luaversion == "5.1";
+    # TODO: figure out darwin failure
+    doCheck = lua.luaversion == "5.1" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
 
     nvimSkipModules = [
       "bootstrap" # tries to install luarocks from network