diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/numbers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/numbers/default.nix
index 002f68eded7c..e0136ad5d45d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/numbers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/numbers/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   testDepends = [
     QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkQuickcheck2
   ];
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/DanBurton/numbers";
     description = "Various number types";