1diff --git a/private/buf/buftesting/buftesting.go b/private/buf/buftesting/buftesting.go
2index 1c650077..5422f703 100644
3--- a/private/buf/buftesting/buftesting.go
4+++ b/private/buf/buftesting/buftesting.go
5@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ func RunActualProtoc(
6
7 // GetGoogleapisDirPath gets the path to a clone of googleapis.
8 func GetGoogleapisDirPath(t *testing.T, buftestingDirPath string) string {
9+ // Requires network access, which is not available during
10+ // the nixpkgs sandboxed build
11+ t.Skip()
12+
13 googleapisDirPath := filepath.Join(buftestingDirPath, testGoogleapisDirPath)
14 require.NoError(
15 t,