diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
index 16ce9c59169..6b0fb3df031 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-Vtcj8goI4zZPQs2TbFoBFlcR5UqDtOldaXSH/+/xULk=";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ SDL2 ];
-  doCheck = true;
 })
 ```
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/asciigraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/asciigraph/default.nix
index 51cc4c89eca..0d8b471102e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/asciigraph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/asciigraph/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-JMBAW8hkE2wuXkRt4aHqFPoz1HX1J4SslvcaQXfpDNk";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base32/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base32/default.nix
index 543c63754bc..a6ae28b45b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base32/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base32/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     rev = version;
     hash = "sha256-BsDly13xsY2bu4N9LGHB0OGej/JhAx3B01TDdF0M8Jk=";
   };
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "Base32 library for Nim";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base45/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base45/default.nix
index b63f3073e77..34950844595 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base45/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/base45/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     rev = version;
     hash = "sha256-9he+14yYVGt2s1IuRLPRsv23xnJzERkWRvIHr3PxFYk=";
   };
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "Base45 library for Nim";
     license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/build-nim-package/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/build-nim-package/default.nix
index d5cfbe92882..6e20b78899f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/build-nim-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/build-nim-package/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ let
   baseAttrs = {
     strictDeps = true;
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
+    doCheck = true;
     configurePhase = ''
       runHook preConfigure
       export NIX_NIM_BUILD_INPUTS=''${pkgsHostTarget[@]} $NIX_NIM_BUILD_INPUTS
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ let
   };
 
   inputsOverride =
-    { depsBuildBuild ? [ ], nativeBuildInputs ? [ ], meta, ... }: {
+    { depsBuildBuild ? [ ], nativeBuildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       depsBuildBuild = [ nim_builder ] ++ depsBuildBuild;
       nativeBuildInputs = [ nim ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/bumpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/bumpy/default.nix
index 90989435231..c816f090177 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/bumpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/bumpy/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ vmath ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/cbor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/cbor/default.nix
index fd4d7ca190e..1688d1f6a10 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/cbor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/cbor/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     rev = version;
     hash = "sha256-VmSYWgXDJLB2D2m3/ymrEytT2iW5JE56WmDz2MPHAqQ=";
   };
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/flatty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/flatty/default.nix
index 31abbfbdd21..26a827830d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/flatty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/flatty/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-ZmhjehmEJHm5qNlsGQvyYLajUdwhWt1+AtRppRrNtgA=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/freedesktop_org/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/freedesktop_org/default.nix
index 745659622c4..52e672b3d69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/freedesktop_org/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/freedesktop_org/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ let
       rev = "695f1285d63f1954c25eb1f42798d90fa7bcbe14";
       hash = "sha256-Z2Qr14pv2RHzQNfEYIKuXKHfHvvIfaEiGCHHCWJZFyw=";
     };
-    doCheck = true;
   };
 in buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "freedesktop_org";
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ in buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-gEN8kiWYCfC9H7o4UE8Xza5s7OwU3TFno6XnIlEm9Dg=";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ configparser ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "Some Nim procedures for looking up freedesktop.org data";
     license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/getdns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/getdns/default.nix
index 035770da98b..7d85077d7e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/getdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/getdns/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ getdns ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
   checkPhase = "nim c tests/test_example_synchronous";
     # The test requires network but check if it builds.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix
index 960a9e63d21..d536133ce9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/hts-nim/default.nix
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0670phk1bq3l9j2zaa8i5wcpc5dyfrc0l2a6c21g0l2mmdczffa7";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ htslib ];
+  doCheck = false;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/illwillwidgets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/illwillwidgets/default.nix
index de0dbfa1164..f767216712a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/illwillwidgets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/illwillwidgets/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, illwill }:
 
 buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "illwillwidgets";
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-YVNdgs8jquJ58qbcyNMMJt+hJYcvahYpkSrDBbO4ILU=";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ illwill ];
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Mouse enabled widgets for illwill";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jsony/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jsony/default.nix
index bf8cf5d5c7f..5f9c0f2741c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jsony/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/jsony/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1p250wb97nzz2g0vvq6mn521fx7sn1jpk1ralbzqh5q8clh4g7wr";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimSHA2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimSHA2/default.nix
index 812b179b5d7..ca9f08c8d25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimSHA2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimSHA2/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     rev = "b8f666069dff1ed0c5142dd1ca692f0e71434716";
     hash = "sha256-Wqb3mQ7638UOTze71mf6WMyGiw9qTwhbJiGGb+9OR2k=";
   };
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "Secure Hash Algorithm 2";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimraylib-now/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimraylib-now/default.nix
index 9610ac7afa6..f2e0028a32e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimraylib-now/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/nimraylib-now/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, nimPackages, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, nimPackages, fetchFromGitHub, raylib }:
 
 nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "nimraylib-now";
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-18YiAzJ46dpD5JN+gH0MWKchZ5YLPBNcm9eVFnyy2Sw=";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ raylib ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # no $DISPLAY available
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/greenfork/nimraylib_now";
     description = "The Ultimate Raylib gaming library wrapper for Nim";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/npeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/npeg/default.nix
index 51c7383bff3..c869ff60f6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/npeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/npeg/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     rev = version;
     hash = "sha256-kN91cp50ZL4INeRWqwrRK6CAkVXUq4rN4YlcN6WL/3Y=";
   };
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "NPeg is a pure Nim pattern matching library";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/parsetoml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/parsetoml/default.nix
index 0c2e31dd41f..d6504f1d9c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/parsetoml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/parsetoml/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-jtqn59x2ZRRgrPir6u/frsDHnl4kvTJWpbejxti8aHY=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/pixie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/pixie/default.nix
index 1366e55a1e3..37b018b6fa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/pixie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/pixie/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ bumpy chroma flatty nimsimd vmath zippy ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/safeset/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/safeset/default.nix
index df613143e9a..b92228421c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/safeset/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/safeset/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-ZLdStoNVoQhRkD2iEzKxhs1UPfgnbJM9QCDHdjH7vTU=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sdl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sdl2/default.nix
index f5c7f0cb8d9..340cd2718ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sdl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/sdl2/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-Vtcj8goI4zZPQs2TbFoBFlcR5UqDtOldaXSH/+/xULk=";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ SDL2 ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = {
     description = "Nim wrapper for SDL 2.x";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux; # Problems with Darwin.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/config.patch b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ffcec7032ca..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
-index 46348f1..fbe9f5e 100644
---- a/tests/config.nims
-+++ b/tests/config.nims
-@@ -1 +1,2 @@
- switch("path", "..")
-+switch("passL", "-lsnappy")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
index 88de1f4552a..e3775b20631 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-18CFRuDK+E701MHrCixx22QSVmglTc0EJwrMCsKwayM=";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ snappy ];
-  patches = [ ./config.patch ];
-  preCheck = ''
-    mkdir $NIX_BUILD_TOP/nimcache/
-    mv -v tests/data $NIX_BUILD_TOP/nimcache/data
-  ''; # test standards, please
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Nim implementation of snappy compression algorithm";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spry/default.nix
index ebb23de7014..590832d11f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spry/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   };
   buildInputs = [ rocksdb snappy spryvm stew tempfile ui ];
   patches = [ ./nil.patch ./python.patch ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spryvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spryvm/default.nix
index 7ee6537b3a2..618e7825691 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spryvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/spryvm/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ sqlite ];
   patches = [ ./nil.patch ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Spry virtual machine";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/syndicate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/syndicate/default.nix
index 62f7ca936f7..b172e5fbdbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/syndicate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/syndicate/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-yTPbEsBcpEPXfmhykbWzWdnJ2ExEJxdii1L+mqx8VGQ=";
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ nimSHA2 preserves ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = src.meta // {
     description = "Nim implementation of the Syndicated Actor model";
     license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix
index 1988260ac48..15a76ae812a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   };
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ tkrzw ];
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Nim wrappers over some of the Tkrzw C++ library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/ui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/ui/default.nix
index de7ef09b501..0af0665bfa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/ui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/ui/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   postPatch = ''
     echo {.passL: r\"$(pkg-config --libs libui)\".} >> ui/rawui.nim
   '';
-  doCheck = true;
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Nim bindings to libui";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/x11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/x11/default.nix
index abfac2e4b83..85c5a18a381 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/x11/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-2XRyXiBxAc9Zx/w0zRBHRZ240qww0FJvIvOKZ8YH50A=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
-
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "X11 library for nim";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/zippy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/zippy/default.nix
index ba27b0858f5..c89d030288e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/zippy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/zippy/default.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-w64ENRyP3mNTtESSt7CDDxUkjYSfziNVVedkO4HIuJ8=";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
-
   meta = with lib;
     src.meta // {
       description = "Pure Nim implementation of deflate, zlib, gzip and zip";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nimlsp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nimlsp/default.nix
index 9c6505b3abd..5a00d1029ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nimlsp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nimlsp/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ nimPackages.buildNimPackage rec {
 
   nimDefines = [ "nimcore" "nimsuggest" "debugCommunication" "debugLogging" ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Language Server Protocol implementation for Nim";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PMunch/nimlsp";