diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
index 3065d5672193..b343e473e3c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/delta/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       etc/completion/completion.{bash,fish,zsh}
   '';
 
+  # test_env_parsing_with_pager_set_to_bat sets environment variables,
+  # which can be flaky with multiple threads:
+  # https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/1660
+  dontUseCargoParallelTests = true;
+
   checkFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "--skip=test_diff_same_non_empty_file"
   ];