diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/statistics/default.nix
index 923cdf879a5c..f53e7a341d6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/statistics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/statistics/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     erf HUnit ieee754 mathFunctions primitive QuickCheck testFramework
     testFrameworkHunit testFrameworkQuickcheck2 vector vectorAlgorithms
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/bos/statistics";
     description = "A library of statistical types, data, and functions";