diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3698d3cf4dc6..ffc560e641ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10320,11 +10320,18 @@ let
 
 
   sphinxcontrib_httpdomain = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.1.9";
+    name = "sphinxcontrib-httpdomain-1.3.0";
+
+    # See issue #6548
+    disabled = isPyPy;
+
+    # Check is disabled due to this issue:
+    # https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/137/typeerror-unorderable-types-str-nonetype
+    doCheck = false;
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/sphinxcontrib-httpdomain/${name}.tar.gz";
-      md5 = "0f63aea612cc9e0b55a6c39e5b0f87b7";
+      md5 = "ad7ea42bd4c7c0ee57b1cb25bbf24aab";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [sphinx];