diff --git a/community/py3-pyfakefs/APKBUILD b/community/py3-pyfakefs/APKBUILD
index 6b0443492f7f16eb0f84c67045533615092e7742..a91cc619fe046384fcdb5cfbd1c2a621143ad685 100644
--- a/community/py3-pyfakefs/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py3-pyfakefs/APKBUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_pkgname:0:1}/$_pkgname/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir"/$_pkgname-$pkgver
 
+case "$CARCH" in
+# fails on builder currently
+aarch64) options="$options !check" ;;
+esac
+
 build() {
 	gpep517 build-wheel \
 		--wheel-dir .dist \