diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/butler/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/butler/package.nix
index cbd6b8aef936..29407276aba6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/butler/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/butler/package.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # butler cannot be build with Go >=1.21
+    # See https://github.com/itchio/butler/issues/256
+    # and https://github.com/itchio/dmcunrar-go/issues/1
+    # The dependency causing the issue is marked as 'no maintainence intended'.
+    # Last butler release is from 05/2021.
+    broken = true;
     description = "Command-line itch.io helper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/itchio/butler";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ee1837c02df..bcb101b0aaa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1735,7 +1735,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   butler = callPackage ../by-name/bu/butler/package.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
-    buildGoModule = buildGo120Module;
   };
 
   carbon-now-cli = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/carbon-now-cli { };