diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acoustics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acoustics/default.nix
index 114414e9c345..2b145810f1bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acoustics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acoustics/default.nix
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
     homepage = https://github.com/python-acoustics/python-acoustics;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }