diff --git a/srcpkgs/kitty/template b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
index 0b885295bf8..3d09fcdf6fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kitty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/v${version}/kit
 checksum=d122497134abab8e25dfcb6b127af40cfe641980e007f696732f70ed298198f5
 python_version=3
 nopie_files="/usr/bin/kitten"
+broken="temp for flac"
 
 LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,-z,stack-size=2097152"