1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-xdist/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-xdist/default.nix
index b61bc8d5fa50..a2796fba5d8f 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-xdist/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-xdist/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, execnet, pytest, setuptools_scm, pytest-forked, filelock, six }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, execnet, pytest
+, setuptools_scm, pytest-forked, filelock, six, isPy3k }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-xdist";
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   checkInputs = [ pytest filelock ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ execnet pytest-forked six ];
 
+  # Encountered a memory leak
+  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/issues/462
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
   checkPhase = ''
     # Excluded tests access file system
     py.test testing -k "not test_distribution_rsyncdirs_example \