diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/intensity-normalization/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/intensity-normalization/default.nix
index 86bc21c488d..94d6252e3c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/intensity-normalization/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/intensity-normalization/default.nix
@@ -58,5 +58,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "MRI intensity normalization tools";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    # depends on simpleitk python wrapper which is not packaged yet
+    broken = true;
   };
 }