diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/starspace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/starspace/default.nix
index ab0c10efebce..f4ca74ef5bbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/starspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/starspace/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # Does not build against gcc-13. No development activity upstream
+    # for past few years.
+    broken = true;
     description = "General-purpose neural model for efficient learning of entity embeddings";
     homepage = "https://ai.facebook.com/tools/starspace/";
     license = licenses.mit;