diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/js-jquery/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/js-jquery/default.nix
index badeb036543..ad776b577f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/js-jquery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/js-jquery/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "1.11.1";
   sha256 = "0k4hrpxsc48nanr2zw6jcirirsarlshycx7d5hzqqv9jfhy1i88d";
   testDepends = [ HTTP ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ndmitchell/js-jquery#readme";
     description = "Obtain minified jQuery code";