diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/wshowkeys/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/wayland/wshowkeys/default.nix
index 5f0025d6072b..d46678dbc9f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/wshowkeys/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/wshowkeys/default.nix
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # TODO: gpl3Only or gpl3Plus (ask upstream)?
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos berbiche ];
+    broken = true; # Unmaintained and fails to run (Wayland protocol error)
+    # TODO (@primeos): Remove this package after the NixOS 21.11 branch-off
   };
 }