diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/1.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9376377e9c77..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/1.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, importlib-metadata
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "catalogue";
-  version = "1.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "d74d1d856c6b36a37bf14aa6dbbc27d0582667b7ab979a6108e61a575e8723f5";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ importlib-metadata ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Tiny library for adding function or object registries";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/explosion/catalogue";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ danieldk ];
-    };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/default.nix
index 0697a4e61179..eb1aec37c634 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/catalogue/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
 , importlib-metadata
 }:
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "catalogue";
   version = "2.0.0";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "34f8416ec5e7ed08e55c10414416e67c3f4d66edf83bc67320c3290775293816";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ecba8ceb468..71f0ed9d2b7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -569,10 +569,7 @@ in {
 
   cadquery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cadquery { };
 
-  catalogue = if isPy3k then
-    callPackage ../development/python-modules/catalogue { }
-  else
-    callPackage ../development/python-modules/catalogue/1.nix { };
+  catalogue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/catalogue { };
 
   cbeams = callPackage ../misc/cbeams { };