diff --git a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix b/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix
index 6dbd8031174..978dbf310b1 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/hocker-fetchdocker/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
   name = "test-hocker-fetchdocker";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ ixmatus ];
+    broken = true; # tries to download from registry-1.docker.io - how did this ever work?
   };
 
   machine = import ./machine.nix;