diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
index 46a67170725..9860430515e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getoptions/default.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [ shellspec ksh mksh yash zsh ]
     ++ lib.lists.optional (!stdenvNoCC.isDarwin) busybox-sandbox-shell;
 
+  # Disable checks against yash, since shellspec seems to be broken for yash>=2.54
+  # (see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/218264#pullrequestreview-1434402054)
   preCheck = ''
     sed -i '/shellspec -s posh/d' Makefile
+    sed -i '/shellspec -s yash/d' Makefile
     '' + lib.strings.optionalString stdenvNoCC.isDarwin ''
     sed -i "/shellspec -s 'busybox ash'/d" Makefile
   '';