diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroquery/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroquery/default.nix
index 67bee933c0da..7b5a24378dde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroquery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astroquery/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Functions and classes to access online data resources";
     homepage = "https://astroquery.readthedocs.io/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    # Broken since a certain astropy update, due to API incompatibility
+    broken = true;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.smaret ];
   };
 }