diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/llvm/default.nix
index 0fd8e173942d..bb1b90b36a92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/10/llvm/default.nix
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/llvm/default.nix
index 87642877cbc9..f1771ef3003a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/11/llvm/default.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
index 60f248547303..80d1a6d9995a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/13/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/13/llvm/default.nix
index e5b05004901e..917240b03168 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/13/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/13/llvm/default.nix
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/llvm/default.nix
index 761e22228685..cf668cd566a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/5/llvm/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
     imap (i: _: concatStringsSep "." (take i parts)) parts;
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   pname = "llvm";
   inherit version;
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
 
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isi686);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isi686)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm/default.nix
index 0515410b804b..61f9234274d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
     imap (i: _: concatStringsSep "." (take i parts)) parts;
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   pname = "llvm";
   inherit version;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isi686);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isi686)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
index 6136f6d3ac59..b324e1a0e4d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let
     let parts = splitVersion release_version; in
     imap (i: _: concatStringsSep "." (take i parts)) parts;
 
-in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   pname = "llvm";
   inherit version;
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm/default.nix
index a3ca001b3ac5..efd1707eb337 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/8/llvm/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
   shortVersion = with lib;
     concatStringsSep "." (take 1 (splitVersion release_version));
 
-in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   pname = "llvm";
   inherit version;
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/llvm/default.nix
index e5a4d766d9a3..1dd1455ed6d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/9/llvm/default.nix
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/git/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/git/llvm/default.nix
index 60be62980e91..956919d3af01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/git/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/git/llvm/default.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   in flagsForLlvmConfig ++ [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${if debugVersion then "Debug" else "Release"}"
     "-DLLVM_INSTALL_UTILS=ON"  # Needed by rustc
-    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=ON"
+    "-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=ON"
     "-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
     "-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${stdenv.hostPlatform.config}"
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     cp NATIVE/bin/llvm-config $dev/bin/llvm-config-native
   '';
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl);
+  doCheck = stdenv.isLinux && (!stdenv.isx86_32) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl)
+    && (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform);
 
   checkTarget = "check-all";