diff --git a/testing/sentinel-minipot/APKBUILD b/testing/sentinel-minipot/APKBUILD
index 814ea1ada0b..688dad0c64e 100644
--- a/testing/sentinel-minipot/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/sentinel-minipot/APKBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ makedepends="
 	autoconf
 	automake
 	base64c-dev
-	check
 	czmq-dev
 	gperf
 	libevent-dev
@@ -33,6 +32,13 @@ source="https://gitlab.nic.cz/turris/sentinel/minipot/-/archive/v$pkgver/minipot
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/minipot-v$pkgver"
 
+case "$CARCH" in
+riscv64)
+	# check() is disabled on the riscv64 package builder
+	makedepends="$makedepends $checkdepends"
+	;;
+esac
+
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare