diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 3a8097f65cc..595268e2162 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ license="Ruby, BSD-2-Clause"
 distfiles="https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=97ddf1b922f83c1f5c50e75bf54e27bba768d75fea7cda903b886c6745e60f0a
 
+broken="temporarily until indirect dependencies are built"
+
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl)	# Broken on the builders but successfully built locally
 		# As a workaround disable all docs