diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/default.nix
index 14decf21a92f..d695b3c2f485 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ in
 
   # Not recommended; too fragile.
   nixops_unstable_full = minimal.withPlugins (ps: [
-    ps.nixops-aws
+    # currently broken
+    # ps.nixops-aws
     ps.nixops-digitalocean
     ps.nixops-encrypted-links
     ps.nixops-hercules-ci
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-aws.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-aws.nix
index 44671b0809ed..895794d3e0f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-aws.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nixops/plugins/nixops-aws.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     description = "AWS plugin for NixOps";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixops-aws";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    broken = true; # fails with `nose-1.3.7 not supported for interpreter python3.12`
     maintainers = nixops.meta.maintainers;
   };
 }