diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/accelerate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/accelerate/default.nix
index 0672d6fb97cd..a97f2498d6e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/accelerate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/accelerate/default.nix
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # RuntimeError: 'accelerate-launch /nix/store/a7vhm7b74a7bmxc35j26s9iy1zfaqjs...
     "test_accelerate_test"
+
+    # torch.mps does not expose a module-level set_device; keep skipped until
+    # the upstream fix lands: https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate/pull/4028
+    "test_env_var_device"
+
     "test_init_trackers"
     "test_init_trackers"
     "test_log"