diff --git a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
index 40780c9a97b..d80508bfe44 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = ["IDPL" "Interbase-1.0"];
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    broken = true;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dfa438bd835..27aa9e7cf14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15270,8 +15270,8 @@ in
 
   fingerd_bsd = callPackage ../servers/fingerd/bsd-fingerd { };
 
-  firebird = callPackage ../servers/firebird { icu = null; stdenv = gcc5Stdenv; };
-  firebirdSuper = firebird.override { icu = icu58; superServer = true; stdenv = gcc5Stdenv; };
+  firebird = callPackage ../servers/firebird { icu = null; /*stdenv = gcc5Stdenv;*/ };
+  firebirdSuper = firebird.override { icu = icu58; superServer = true; /*stdenv = gcc5Stdenv;*/ };
 
   frab = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/frab { };