diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-SQLite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-SQLite/default.nix
index 3aa6a9486a07..009c26933504 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-SQLite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-SQLite/default.nix
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ buildPerlPackage {
     # Prevent segfaults in case of timeouts.
     ./reset.patch
   ];
+
+  # Disabled because the tests can randomly fail due to timeouts
+  # (e.g. "database is locked(5) at dbdimp.c line 402 at t/07busy.t").
+  doCheck = false;
 }