diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textacy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textacy/default.nix
index 616db71a94f4..31b02e3f2641 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textacy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textacy/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # scikit-learn in pythonPackages is too new for textacy
+    # remove as soon as textacy support scikit-learn >= 0.24
+    broken = true;
     description = "Higher-level text processing, built on spaCy";
     homepage = "https://textacy.readthedocs.io/";
     license = licenses.asl20;