diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/commoncode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commoncode/default.nix
index 04921a618c25..142245221312 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/commoncode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commoncode/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, stdenv
 , attrs
 , beautifulsoup4
 , buildPythonPackage
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-xdist
   ];
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # expected result is tailored towards the quirks of upstream's
+    # CI environment on darwin
+    "test_searchable_paths"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "commoncode"