diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-freezegun/Makefile b/devel/py-pytest-freezegun/Makefile
index 327448f50f33..2eab7c938dbe 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-freezegun/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-freezegun/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytest-freezegun
 PORTVERSION=	0.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wrap tests with fixtures in freeze_time
 WWW=		https://github.com/ktosiek/pytest-freezegun
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+# unless the upstream fixes the problem, this port should be probably deprecated, see https://github.com/ktosiek/pytest-freezegun/issues/43
+BROKEN=		causes INTERNALERROR failures in PyTest in many python-based ports, based on the assessment in this comment: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/10846#issuecomment-1487971534
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}freezegun>0.3:devel/py-freezegun@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=3.0.0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+ zip
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>