diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasm2image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasm2image/default.nix
index 9748e3e4348..962ba62f509 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasm2image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qasm2image/default.nix
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       pandaman
     ];
+    broken = true;  # last update Oct 2018, failed tests don't error the build, and out-of-date with latest python3Packages.qiskit
   };
 }