diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-libvirtd.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-libvirtd.nix
index 4fec552e528c..a315a7e2ae9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-libvirtd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-libvirtd.nix
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/nixops-libvirtd";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aminechikhaoui ];
+    broken = true; # never built on Hydra
   };
 }