diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
index 828090875e86..ba135466d078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
@@ -39,9 +39,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  # hydra's darwin machines run into https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/408
-  # unless we disable highway's tests
-  postPatch = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ''
+  postPatch = ''
+    # "robust statistics" have been removed in upstream mainline as they are
+    # conidered to cause "interoperability problems". sure enough the tests
+    # fail with precision issues on aarch64.
+    sed -i '/robust_statistics_test.cc/d' lib/{jxl_tests.cmake,lib.gni}
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    # hydra's darwin machines run into https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/408
+    # unless we disable highway's tests
     substituteInPlace third_party/highway/CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace 'if(BUILD_TESTING)' 'if(false)'
   '';
@@ -118,6 +123,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nh2 ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64; # `internal compiler error`, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/103160#issuecomment-866388610
   };
 }