diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cinnabar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cinnabar/default.nix
index 5a1661f1ac9d0..a2419364cdecc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cinnabar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-cinnabar/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # Disable automated version-check
+  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
+  checkNoDefaultFeatures = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall