diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backlight-auto/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backlight-auto/package.nix
index 3d8dc7338a9c..e6f849bf7096 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backlight-auto/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backlight-auto/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    # Does not support zig 0.12 or newer, hasn't been updated in 2 years.
+    broken = lib.versionAtLeast zig.version "0.12";
     description = "Automatically set screen brightness with a webcam";
     mainProgram = "backlight-auto";
     homepage = "https://len.falken.directory/backlight-auto.html";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99c189b702a0..202a94078f8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9026,10 +9026,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   aws-spend-summary = haskellPackages.aws-spend-summary.bin;
 
-  backlight-auto = callPackage ../by-name/ba/backlight-auto/package.nix {
-    zig = buildPackages.zig_0_11;
-  };
-
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/bashup-events { }) bashup-events32 bashup-events44;
 
   bc-soci = callPackage ../development/libraries/soci/bc-soci.nix { };