diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
index 4e0282cd23c..88de1f4552a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/snappy/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildNimPackage rec {
   };
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ snappy ];
   patches = [ ./config.patch ];
-  doCheck = true;
   preCheck = ''
     mkdir $NIX_BUILD_TOP/nimcache/
     mv -v tests/data $NIX_BUILD_TOP/nimcache/data