diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 2f0ce0afb15..cbf3c4917c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     systemd gnutls avahi libcddb SDL SDL_image libmtp unzip taglib libarchive
     libkate libtiger libv4l samba liboggz libass libdvbpsi libva
     xorg.xlibsWrapper xorg.libXv xorg.libXvMC xorg.libXpm xorg.xcbutilkeysyms
-    libdc1394 libraw1394 libopus libebml libmatroska libvdpau libsamplerate live555
+    libdc1394 libraw1394 libopus libebml libmatroska libvdpau libsamplerate
     fluidsynth wayland wayland-protocols
-  ] ++ optionals withQt5    [ qtbase qtsvg qtx11extras ]
+  ] ++ optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) live555
+    ++ optionals withQt5    [ qtbase qtsvg qtx11extras ]
     ++ optional jackSupport libjack2;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook perl pkgconfig removeReferencesTo ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  LIVE555_PREFIX = live555;
+  LIVE555_PREFIX = if (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) then live555 else null;
 
   # vlc depends on a c11-gcc wrapper script which we don't have so we need to
   # set the path to the compiler
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix
index 6d62daadaa6..527a0d0705d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/live555/default.nix
@@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
   };
 }