diff --git a/etc/disarchive-manifest.scm b/etc/disarchive-manifest.scm
index b12cd78466..93b5039eec 100644
--- a/etc/disarchive-manifest.scm
+++ b/etc/disarchive-manifest.scm
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ (define (disarchive-collection origins)
                                       (and=> (origin-hash origin)
                                              content-hash-value)
 
+                                      ;; FIXME: Exclude the Chromium tarball
+                                      ;; because it's huge and "disarchive
+                                      ;; disassemble" exceeds the max-silent
+                                      ;; timeout.
+                                      (not (string-prefix?
+                                            "chromium-"
+                                            (origin-actual-file-name origin)))
+
                                       (origin->disarchive origin)))
                                origins)
                    #:copy? #t))