diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkaml/template b/srcpkgs/gtkaml/template
index 6db46ec4b19..d83d514ed2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkaml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkaml/template
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ license="LGPL-3"
 distfiles="https://$pkgname.googlecode.com/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=93b7656100444b1ac226a5b09b74b86ef66d2ad391a02c8f0a536915461c0a08
 
+# XXX does not work with our vala version
+broken=yes
+
 libgtkaml_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {