diff --git a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
index 6d6a88808e3826d..2678bcb2c058cff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   preCheck = ''
     # Make `libgcc_s.so' visible for `pthread_cancel'.