diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cryptohash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cryptohash/default.nix
index 5a99fbef80f2..5ad655eb6137 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cryptohash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cryptohash/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     byteable HUnit QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkHunit
     testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/vincenthz/hs-cryptohash";
     description = "collection of crypto hashes, fast, pure and practical";