diff --git a/etc/viewnior.profile b/etc/viewnior.profile
index 4df71f728..39bf3f7ce 100644
--- a/etc/viewnior.profile
+++ b/etc/viewnior.profile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private-dev
 private-etc fonts
 private-tmp
 
-memory-deny-write-execute
+# memory-deny-write-executes breaks on Arch - see issue #1808
+#memory-deny-write-execute
 noexec ${HOME}
 noexec /tmp