diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index acdcccd43558..1cc9dd6451ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ self: super: {
   # With ghc-8.2.x haddock would time out for unknown reason
   # See https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/679
   language-puppet = dontHaddock super.language-puppet;
+  filecache = overrideCabal super.filecache (drv: { doCheck = !pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin; });
 
   # Missing FlexibleContexts in testsuite
   # https://github.com/EduardSergeev/monad-memo/pull/4