diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
index aba9138088fd..939e29a6339e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     pytestCheckHook
     sympy
   ];
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/255262
   preCheck = ''
     rm -rf freud
   '';