diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8d46bc57b1aa..92ae7b1eb50d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1717,6 +1717,8 @@ in modules // {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.requests2 ];
 
+    doCheck = false;
+
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = https://betamax.readthedocs.org/en/latest/;
       description = "A VCR imitation for requests";