diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/l18n/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/l18n/default.nix
index 61ac6fa3ff1c..cab48d4376f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/l18n/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/l18n/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
-, django
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchPypi
 , lib
 , pytz
@@ -18,6 +16,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytz six ];
 
+  # tests are not included in sdist and building from source is none trivial
+  doCheck = false;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "l18n" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {