diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
index 26ba8a68d87..c7d1c0969ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recommonmark/default.nix
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rtfd/recommonmark";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+    broken = true; #broke until it works with sphinx 3
   };
 }