diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
index df3b12ea5b68..036e992e9731 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     && !stdenv.isDarwin
     && !stdenv.isSunOS; # flaky
 
-  checkFlagsArray = [
+  checkFlags = lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) [
     # Test is known to fail on various locales on texinfo-6.8:
     #   https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-texinfo/2021-07/msg00012.html
     "XFAIL_TESTS=test_scripts/layout_formatting_fr_icons.sh"