diff --git a/nixos/tests/fcitx/default.nix b/nixos/tests/fcitx/default.nix
index 78b322d351d3..c132249fcb24 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/fcitx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/fcitx/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
     # copy_from_host works only for store paths
     rec {
         name = "fcitx";
+        meta.broken = true; # takes hours to time out since October 2021
         nodes.machine =
         {
           pkgs,