diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdal/package.nix
index 7f9c9f1684d1..5e537209a2a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdal/package.nix
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!usePoppler) [
     "test_pdf_jpx_compression"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!useNetCDF) [
+    # writes the Zarr tile-presence cache (.gmac) via the netCDF driver, which
+    # is absent in the minimal build
+    "test_zarr_read_simple_sharding"
   ];
   postCheck = ''
     popd # autotest