diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
index 3a94b335522..8c19c0021d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
@@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       downstream = recurseIntoAttrs ({
         inherit bazel-watcher;
       }
-      // (lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
           # dm-sonnet is only packaged for linux
-          dm-sonnet-linux = python3.pkgs.dm-sonnet;
+      // (lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
+          # TODO(timokau) dm-sonnet is broken currently
+          # dm-sonnet-linux = python3.pkgs.dm-sonnet;
       }));
     };