diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
index 2f49e3e620d..d251ad8e8d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ system_accounts="_prometheus"
 
 make_dirs="/var/lib/prometheus 700 _prometheus _prometheus"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64|i686|armv6l) broken="ftbfs: npm ERR! EMFILE: too many open files" ;;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
-	( ulimit -n 4096 && CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH= make assets assets-compress )
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH= make assets assets-compress
 }
 
 post_install() {