diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
index 6334bb2e5ddf..0e0a46c906e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aflatter mirdhyn peterhoeg ];
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
+    broken = true; # Outdated function, not supported upstream. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27447
   };
 
   binPath = lib.makeBinPath [ postgresql ruby ];