diff --git a/databases/xrootd/Makefile b/databases/xrootd/Makefile
index 350e4e22f1a7..3e74878102a2 100644
--- a/databases/xrootd/Makefile
+++ b/databases/xrootd/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ KERBEROS5_LIB_DEPENDS=	libkrb5.so:security/krb5
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ( ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} >= 1400092 && ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base ) || ${SSL_DEFAULT:Mopenssl3*}
-CXXFLAGS+=	-DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=0x30000000L
+BROKEN=	fails to build with openssl 3 and later
 .endif
 
 post-patch: