diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/orca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/orca/default.nix
index abc8c3e78424..3abefae9c6b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/orca/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/orca/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pygobject3 pyatspi dbus-python pyxdg brltty liblouis speechd gst-python setproctitle
+    # TODO: re-add liblouis when it is fixed
+    pygobject3 pyatspi dbus-python pyxdg brltty speechd gst-python setproctitle
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
index bde1ff4e4936..a6005d66b4d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblouis/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Open-source braille translator and back-translator";
     homepage = http://liblouis.org/;
+    broken = true;
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;