diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpscorrelate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpscorrelate/package.nix
index e7109c851f26..b0e87221f8da 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpscorrelate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpscorrelate/package.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    # https://github.com/dfandrich/gpscorrelate/issues/29
+    rm tests/data/test005.*
+  '';
+
   installTargets = [ "install" "install-po" "install-desktop-file" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {