diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/time/1.4.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/time/1.4.2.nix
index f838080ad3d9..5e8d967b8dc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/time/1.4.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/time/1.4.2.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   testDepends = [
     Cabal deepseq QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://semantic.org/TimeLib/";
     description = "A time library";