diff --git a/srcpkgs/gzip/template b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
index 8adc8564505..5e0bca404f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gzip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) configure_args+=" DEFS=NO_ASM gl_cv_func_fflush_stdin=yes" ;;
 esac
 
-do_check() {
+pre_check() {
 	# help-version test is know to fail
 	sed -i '1721,1727d;1447d' tests/Makefile
-
-	make check
 }