diff --git a/srcpkgs/pmars/template b/srcpkgs/pmars/template
index 292341b0e1a..9c15dcd3d4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pmars/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pmars/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://corewar.co.uk/pmars.htm"
 distfiles="https://corewar.co.uk/pmars/pmars-${version}.zip"
 checksum=26c2860ee5906b5e90262ce18d511c8cc395ee6f6796e99631b1910bd0a84c4c
+broken="upstream is dead"
 
 do_build() {
 	make -C src CC="${CC}"