diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nlohmann_json/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlohmann_json/default.nix
index 0e9ff5d9105e..8db3a3d92ff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nlohmann_json/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlohmann_json/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform;
-  checkTarget = "test";
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -26,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Header only C++ library for the JSON file format";
     homepage = https://github.com/nlohmann/json;