diff --git a/artiq/pkgs/artiq.nix b/artiq/pkgs/artiq.nix
index dde506c..80cfc42 100644
--- a/artiq/pkgs/artiq.nix
+++ b/artiq/pkgs/artiq.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ in
       ++ (with pythonDeps; [ levenshtein pyqtgraph-qt5 quamash pythonparser asyncserial ])
       ++ (with python3Packages; [ aiohttp pygit2 numpy dateutil scipy prettytable pyserial h5py pyqt5 ]);
     checkPhase = "python -m unittest discover -v artiq.test";
-    doCheck = false;
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "A leading-edge control system for quantum information experiments";
       homepage = https://m-labs/artiq;