diff --git a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
index 548ca8c7cbc..af35ebb9f79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libreoffice/template
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.libreoffice.org/"
 
 # XXX: remove once ICU rebuild is done
-makedepends+=" libe-book-devel"
+broken="needs to wait libe-ebook rebuild"
 
 # Additional zip archives
 _ooop_fonts_md5hash=a10aa597411643326e27d7fc128af12d