diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
index 11a9382c94c8..c9472e9a15dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  # on Darwin,
-  # test-eevl.c:64:36: error: initializer element is not a compile-time constant
-  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+  doCheck = true;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-DGDK_OSX_BIG_SUR=16";