diff --git a/xsl/xhtml5.xsl b/xsl/xhtml5.xsl
index 3583a3c76..4f76591e3 100644
--- a/xsl/xhtml5.xsl
+++ b/xsl/xhtml5.xsl
@@ -381,7 +381,10 @@
 
   <xsl:template match="/page/portal/item">
 	<!-- 1 (not really) random character 1-9 and blank -->
-	<xsl:variable name="random" select="translate(substring(crypto:sha1(.),1,1),'0abcdef','')"/>
+<!-- deactivated until nix package has crypto support
+	<xsl:variable name="diceroll" select="translate(substring(crypto:sha1(.),1,1),'0abcdef','')"/>
+-->
+	<xsl:variable name="diceroll" select="4"/>
     <article>
       <xsl:if test="@class">
 	<xsl:attribute name="class"><xsl:value-of select="@class"/></xsl:attribute>
@@ -397,7 +400,7 @@
 		<xsl:otherwise><!-- Fallback image -->
 			<xsl:choose><!-- depending on class -->
 				<!-- "random" image from list (filenames should be links) -->
-				<xsl:when test="@class = 'news'"><xsl:attribute name="style">background-image: url('images/news/rnd<xsl:value-of select="$random"/>');</xsl:attribute></xsl:when>
+				<xsl:when test="@class = 'news'"><xsl:attribute name="style">background-image: url('images/news/rnd<xsl:value-of select="$diceroll"/>');</xsl:attribute></xsl:when>
 <!--
 				<xsl:when test="@class = 'news'"><xsl:attribute name="style">background-image: url('images/news/gchq-hdr.jpg');</xsl:attribute></xsl:when>
 -->