diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
index 0732bf59c62..8817b7a09fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/source-highlight/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-boost=${boost.out}" ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.cc.isClang;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   # Upstream uses the same intermediate files in multiple tests, running