diff --git a/srcpkgs/zlib/template b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
index fe2980f9883..cb7f9b88eab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ do_configure() {
 	LDFLAGS= LDSHAREDLIBC= ./configure --prefix=/usr --shared
 }
 
-do_check() {
-	make check
-}
-
 zlib-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"