diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/starfish/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starfish/default.nix
index 25ce5a0f651..38934d9497a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/starfish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starfish/default.nix
@@ -85,5 +85,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = https://spacetx-starfish.readthedocs.io/en/latest/;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+    broken = true; # incompatible with latest python-dateutil, scikit-image
   };
 }