diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/venusian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/venusian/default.nix
index 8817b057cc94..06f0d55acf00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/venusian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/venusian/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, isPy27
 , pytest
 , pytestcov
 }:
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "venusian";
   version = "3.0.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;