diff --git a/srcpkgs/epstopdf/template b/srcpkgs/epstopdf/template
index afd3404bcc4..34ce6129ef9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/epstopdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/epstopdf/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ homepage="https://tug.org/epstopdf/"
 distfiles="http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/${pkgname}.zip"
 checksum=f15fc08a2e9b479bc2376ee87f850eb8f3ebb9ec4e56ce62d35c6d5bef22a008
 
+broken="mirror is dead and non-versioned"
+
 do_build() {
 	mv epstopdf.pl epstopdf
 }