diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 90a651032dc2..588c952b2302 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19932,6 +19932,7 @@ in modules // {
 
   turses = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "turses-0.3.1";
+    disabled = isPyPy || isPy3k;
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/turses/${name}.tar.gz";