diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix
index 3620943d6c5..f794868baf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optionals withOpenssl [ openssl ]
     ++ lib.optionals withZstd [ zstd ];
 
+  # Don't build the regression tests because they don't build with
+  # pkgsStatic and are not executed anyway.
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_REGRESS=0" ];
+
   preCheck = ''
     # regress/runtest is a generated file
     patchShebangs regress