diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
index 3513cb0cdfbc..efc50fbad2ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/norouter/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # Doesn't build with Go >=1.21
+    # https://github.com/norouter/norouter/issues/165
+    broken = true;
     description = "Tool to handle unprivileged networking by using multiple loopback addresses";
     homepage = "https://github.com/norouter/norouter";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 25953c451373..1ee1837c02df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33437,11 +33437,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   normalize = callPackage ../applications/audio/normalize { };
 
-  norouter = callPackage ../tools/networking/norouter {
-    # doesn't build with go 1.21
-    # https://github.com/norouter/norouter/issues/165
-    buildGoModule = buildGo120Module;
-  };
+  norouter = callPackage ../tools/networking/norouter { };
 
   nqptp = callPackage ../tools/networking/nqptp { };