diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 5e135a999733..11a806289ed6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ self: super: {
   static-resources = dontCheck super.static-resources;
   strive = dontCheck super.strive;                      # fails its own hlint test with tons of warnings
   svndump = dontCheck super.svndump;
+  tar = dontCheck super.tar; #http://hydra.nixos.org/build/25088435/nixlog/2 (fails only on 32-bit)
   thumbnail-plus = dontCheck super.thumbnail-plus;
   tickle = dontCheck super.tickle;
   tpdb = dontCheck super.tpdb;