diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
index ecb1edf5958..32cf844cf00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "A Python client driver for Apache Cassandra";
     homepage = "http://datastax.github.io/python-driver";
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    broken = true; # geomet doesn't exist
   };
 }