diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
index 098e7a68be1a..1b3f8d95e6b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ picom.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
   buildInputs = (previousAttrs.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pcre ];
   nativeBuildInputs = (previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ asciidoctor ];
 
+  dontVersionCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     inherit (previousAttrs.meta)
       license