diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/slimserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/slimserver.nix
index 7d661dd60408..640403d2c97d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/slimserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/slimserver.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ in {
       serviceConfig = {
         User = "slimserver";
         PermissionsStartOnly = true;
-        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/slimserver.pl --logdir ${cfg.dataDir}/logs --prefsdir ${cfg.dataDir}/prefs --cachedir ${cfg.dataDir}/cache";
+        # Issue 40589: Disable broken image/video support (audio still works!)
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/slimserver.pl --logdir ${cfg.dataDir}/logs --prefsdir ${cfg.dataDir}/prefs --cachedir ${cfg.dataDir}/cache --noimage --novideo";
       };
     };