diff --git a/haiku-apps/melt/melt-1.3.0.recipe b/haiku-apps/melt/melt-1.3.0.recipe
index b844c1b25..abe777b19 100644
--- a/haiku-apps/melt/melt-1.3.0.recipe
+++ b/haiku-apps/melt/melt-1.3.0.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="8f420c8a83ae175f618e29c390db83d7bd56eda4c1d788a76f8897b4f120e13
 SOURCE_FILENAME="$APP-$portVersion-$srcGitRev.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_DIR="melt-$srcGitRev"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86_64"
+# melt is presently broken; see https://github.com/matthiasr/melt/issues/2
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 !x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	melt = $portVersion