diff --git a/srcpkgs/findutils/template b/srcpkgs/findutils/template
index 6dd846bd662..81c59935141 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/findutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/findutils/template
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ alternatives="
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/SUBDIRS/s/locate//' Makefile.in
 }
-do_check() {
+pre_check() {
 	# LFS reccomends disabling this due to to the possibility of looping forever on some machines
 	# see: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/findutils.html
 	sed -i 's/test-lock..EXEEXT.//' tests/Makefile.in
-
-	make check
 }
 post_configure() {
 	make -C locate dblocation.texi