diff --git a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-git/default.nix b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-git/default.nix
index b106b8ad1c946..84d53b66e19b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-git/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     libgit2 scheme-bytestructures
   ];
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   makeFlags = [ "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;