diff --git a/nix/configuration/configuration.nix b/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
index ac3f7ef..0459230 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ in
             }
           );
         })
+        (disableTests "onetbb") # oneTBB tests hang forever on machines with a single core (like my build virtual machine) https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneTBB/issues/1557
 
         # Works but probably sets python2's scipy to be python3:
         #