diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/utahfs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/utahfs/default.nix
index b6bae284dcd..e867ff46e7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/utahfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/utahfs/default.nix
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.snglth ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    # does not build with go 1.17: https://github.com/cloudflare/utahfs/issues/46
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7bb3f5b5746..aaa0a3253c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5486,9 +5486,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vowpal-wabbit = callPackage ../applications/science/machine-learning/vowpal-wabbit { };
 
-  utahfs = callPackage ../applications/networking/utahfs {
-    buildGoPackage = buildGo116Package;
-  };
+  utahfs = callPackage ../applications/networking/utahfs { };
 
   wakeonlan = callPackage ../tools/networking/wakeonlan { };