diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 17f51d977c98..0fd8d694641f 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ in rec {
   tests.slurm = callTest tests/slurm.nix {};
   tests.smokeping = callTest tests/smokeping.nix {};
   tests.snapper = callTest tests/snapper.nix {};
-  tests.statsd = callTest tests/statsd.nix {};
+  #tests.statsd = callTest tests/statsd.nix {}; # statsd is broken: #45946
   tests.strongswan-swanctl = callTest tests/strongswan-swanctl.nix {};
   tests.sudo = callTest tests/sudo.nix {};
   tests.systemd = callTest tests/systemd.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
index 3b7182e27b37..e67a91b90a14 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ nodePackages // {
     '';
   };
 
+  statsd = nodePackages.statsd.override {
+    # broken with node v8, dead upstream,
+    # see #45946 and https://github.com/etsy/statsd/issues/646
+    meta.broken = true;
+  };
+
   webdrvr = nodePackages.webdrvr.override {
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.phantomjs ];