diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 7dc973a627c..ee706ff986d 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ in rec {
   #tests.panamax = hydraJob (import tests/panamax.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; });
   tests.peerflix = callTest tests/peerflix.nix {};
   tests.postgresql = callSubTests tests/postgresql.nix {};
-  tests.pgjwt = callTest tests/pgjwt.nix {};
+  #tests.pgjwt = callTest tests/pgjwt.nix {};
   tests.printing = callTest tests/printing.nix {};
   tests.proxy = callTest tests/proxy.nix {};
   tests.pumpio = callTest tests/pump.io.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/gnaural/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/gnaural/default.nix
index 2b78d1a4b6d..d68a48da090 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/gnaural/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/gnaural/default.nix
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       license = licenses.gpl2;
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
       platforms = platforms.linux;
+      broken = true;
     };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
index 790997e328b..5e4e838f345 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "GIS software suite used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
index 07789fce3a9..d73697673bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/meshlab/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
-    broken = stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isi686;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
index ea0d2338252..e34de18e328 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/synfigstudio/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ let
       ETL boost cairo gettext glibmm mlt-qt5 libsigcxx libxmlxx pango
       pkgconfig autoreconfHook
     ];
+
+    meta.broken = true;
   };
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/ffmpeg-codecs.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/ffmpeg-codecs.nix
index 1afb1fa3490..542bcbc41b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/ffmpeg-codecs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/ffmpeg-codecs.nix
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license     = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lluchs ];
     platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
index 5ff510a52ce..91adb5283fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ let
       installPhase = ''
         make install-extra $makeFlags
       '';
+      meta.broken = true;
     };
 
     luafilesystem = buildLuaRocks {
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ let
     luaffifb = buildLuaRocks {
       name = "luaffifb";
       src = "${distro_src}/extra/luaffifb";
+      meta.broken = true;
     };
 
     sundown = buildLuaRocks rec {
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ let
       preBuild = ''
         export Torch_DIR=${torch}/share/cmake/torch
       '';
+      meta.broken = true;
     };
 
     trepl = buildLuaRocks rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/natron/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/natron/default.nix
index 75dccbafd3f..550cd2930cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/natron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/natron/default.nix
@@ -122,5 +122,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.puffnfresh ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
index 88cb43b4d91..2fd0d57b4e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
@@ -52,9 +52,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-
-    # after qt5 bump it probably needs to be updated,
-    # but newer versions seem to need newer than the latest stable mlt
-    # broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix
index 93aaeb9e16e..876c54a298b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/beta.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rec {
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./patches/grsec.patch;
 
     doCheck = false;
+    broken = true;
   };
 
   cargo = callPackage ./cargo.nix rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix
index b69dffbd8b3..37a234ea129 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightly.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ rec {
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./patches/grsec.patch;
 
     doCheck = false;
+    broken = true;
   };
 
   cargo = callPackage ./cargo.nix rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
index f5bcc73fd6d..73d78319b8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 , targetPatches
 , targetToolchains
 , doCheck ? true
+, broken ? false
 , buildPlatform, hostPlatform
 } @ args:
 
@@ -154,5 +155,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ madjar cstrahan wizeman globin havvy wkennington ];
     license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    broken = broken;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
index 6cc9f372b97..7484d2568be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/default.nix
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     # Swift doesn't support 32bit Linux, unknown on other platforms.
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qxt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qxt/default.nix
index 78dbe136672..5ed05ec6b32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qxt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qxt/default.nix
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ forkk ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/curses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/curses/default.nix
index 4fd75e7aac5..834b810183b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/curses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/curses/default.nix
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.volth ];
     platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms or [];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
index 4485e678ab5..e07b3cd9db7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/casperjs/default.nix
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bluescreen303 ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/odamex/default.nix b/pkgs/games/odamex/default.nix
index ab2cd1090fb..44117166256 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/odamex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/odamex/default.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ MP2E ];
+    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
index 634389d1410..40e97567d39 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom maintainers.qknight maintainers.domenkozar ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    broken = true;
   };
 }