diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
index cd007c5fe57..3a17d0279dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin; # never built on Hydra https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/librep.x86_64-darwin
   };
 }
 # TODO: investigate fetchFromGithub