diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/maude/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/maude/default.nix
index c9330a506702..594ee980bbd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/maude/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/maude/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configurePhase = ''./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$out --datadir=$out/share/maude TECLA_LIBS="-ltecla -lncursesw" CFLAGS="-O3" CXXFLAGS="-O3"'';
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  # The test suite is known to fail on Darwin. If maude is ever updated to a
+  # new version, this exception ought to be removed again.
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   postInstall =
   ''