diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
index c3fdd57a592e..e76cc4544e32 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,5 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/norouter/norouter";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ blaggacao ];
-    # out is empty
-    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45b5e6cebf80..236ac992be80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33928,7 +33928,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   normalize = callPackage ../applications/audio/normalize { };
 
-  norouter = callPackage ../tools/networking/norouter { };
+  norouter = callPackage ../tools/networking/norouter {
+    # doesn't build with go 1.21
+    # https://github.com/norouter/norouter/issues/165
+    buildGoModule = buildGo120Module;
+  };
 
   nqptp = callPackage ../tools/networking/nqptp { };