diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codec2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/codec2/package.nix
index b7c29445a81c..b7f5c94fbe52 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/codec2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codec2/package.nix
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
-    # generate_codebook only built for host platform
-    broken = !stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
     pkgConfigModules = [ "codec2" ];
   };
 })