diff --git a/overlays/cross.nix b/overlays/cross.nix
index 5fdc10200..329998a46 100644
--- a/overlays/cross.nix
+++ b/overlays/cross.nix
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ in with final; {
   # source runs python during build only as a sanity check: we could instead disable that.
   # this library is probably only used by xwayland: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/280256>
   # it's a dependency of waybar (via sway), but doesn't actually occur in the output!
-  libei = prev.libei.override { python3 = buildPackages.python3; };
+  # libei = prev.libei.override { python3 = buildPackages.python3; };
 
   # libgweather = prev.libgweather.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
   #   nativeBuildInputs = (lib.remove gobject-introspection upstream.nativeBuildInputs) ++ [