diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 886e69e07dc..27e5c8e0011 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21312,6 +21312,7 @@ in modules // {
       description = "Python interface to R";
       license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ joelmo ];
+      broken = true;
     };
   };