diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 50ab9e37..d92bf500 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ packages:
         - parsec-numbers
 
     "Joshua Grosso <jgrosso256@gmail.com> @jgrosso":
-        - axel
+        - axel < 0 # https://github.com/axellang/axel/issues/24
 
     "Varun Gandhi <theindigamer15@gmail.com> @theindigamer":
         - edit < 0