diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index f9c2acb43d91..9e4c204c25df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ let
         scikitlearn = unix;
       };
 
+      # hack around broken eval of non-linux packages for now.
+      tests.macOSSierraShared = darwin;
     } ));
 
 in jobs