diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/leksah/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/leksah/default.nix
index f1c754ddff96..ec2fb334a3b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/leksah/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/leksah/default.nix
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --prefix PATH : "${leksahEnv}/bin" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    broken = true; # 2018-09-13, no successful hydra build since 2017-08-19
+  };
 }