diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/postgresqlTestHook/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/postgresqlTestHook/package.nix
index e9e77b0bbe6f..89da82df502e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/postgresqlTestHook/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/postgresqlTestHook/package.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-{ callPackage, makeSetupHook }:
+{
+  callPackage,
+  makeSetupHook,
+  stdenv,
+}:
 
 makeSetupHook {
   name = "postgresql-test-hook";
   passthru.tests = {
     simple = callPackage ./test.nix { };
   };
+  # See comment in postgresql's generic.nix doInstallCheck section.
+  meta.broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
 } ./postgresql-test-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/pgadmin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/pgadmin/default.nix
index ff81bde603f5..f011182a154e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/pgadmin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/pgadmin/default.nix
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   # sandboxing issues on aarch64-darwin, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/198495
-  doCheck = postgresql.doCheck;
+  doCheck = !postgresqlTestHook.meta.broken;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck