diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 18fcdd684a24..1ec48bcc06f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ let
     "RNeXML" # requres taxize
     "TR8" # requres taxize
     "bdvis" # requres taxize
+    "h2o" # tries to download some h2o.jar during its build
+    "jvmr" # tries to download files during its build
+    "qtbase" # the smokegen binary cannot find libQtCore.so.4 etc. at runtime
   ];
 
   otherOverrides = old: new: {
@@ -1061,6 +1064,11 @@ let
     # Depends on broken ecespa package.
     selectspm = old.selectspm.override { hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none; };
 
+    # Depends on broken qtbase package.
+    qtutils = old.qtutils.override { hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none; };
+    qtpaint = old.qtpaint.override { hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none; };
+    bamboo = old.bamboo.override { hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none; };
+
     # Obsolete package that I keep around temporarily because some
     # existing code depends on it.
     Defaults = derive {