diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
index 810b3a2aa8f..9b3304f6012 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/criterion/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [ cram ];
 
   doCheck = true;
-  checkTarget = "test";
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs ci/isdir.py src/protocol/gen-pb.py