diff --git a/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template b/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
index c57f9a10f2b..1897403ccff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libappindicator/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ homepage="https://launchpad.net/libappindicator"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/libappindicator/${version%.*}/${version}/+download/libappindicator-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d5907c1f98084acf28fd19593cb70672caa0ca1cf82d747ba6f4830d4cc3b49f
 
+nocross="keeps trying to build python modules on the host"
 # since this package depends on features that have already been removed in
 # gtk+4, we need to ignore the depreciated problem. GTK is going away from the
 # idea of app indicators in taskbars.