diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.1.nix
index e1d77561eb1f..7dc17cd4153a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.1.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.2.nix
index 5a79036b0823..5d10dbd69951 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.2.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.3.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.3.nix
index b0b40fecbede..bbe413d478ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.3.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.5.nix
index cda273167929..3fb843e69557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/2.3.5.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.1.nix
index 85e0474b7453..cdcaead86356 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.1.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ QuickCheck ];
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.2.nix
index ec56c74db772..9011db12c7dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.2.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ QuickCheck ];
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.4.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.4.nix
index bc82079aa791..3160570b240d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/alex/3.0.4.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ QuickCheck ];
   buildTools = [ perl ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/alex/";
     description = "Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell";