diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/test-defaultPkgConfigPackages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/test-defaultPkgConfigPackages.nix
index 37687117987d0..108a2b67504ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/test-defaultPkgConfigPackages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/test-defaultPkgConfigPackages.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 let
   inherit (lib.strings) escapeNixIdentifier;
 
-  allTests = lib.mapAttrs (k: v: if v == null then null else makePkgConfigTestMaybe k v) defaultPkgConfigPackages;
+  allTests = lib.mapAttrs (k: v: if v == null then null else makePkgConfigTestMaybe k v)
+    (builtins.removeAttrs defaultPkgConfigPackages ["recurseForDerivations"]);
 
   # nix-build rejects attribute names with periods
   # This will build those regardless.