diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix
index f21bf4aa782..706c47714af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonAtLeast
 , isPy27
 , futures ? null
 , gevent
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.4.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
+  # incompatible with asyncio changes in 3.11 and deprecated
+  # https://github.com/opentracing/specification/issues/163
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.11";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "a173117e6ef580d55874734d1fa7ecb6f3655160b8b8974a2a1e98e5ec9c840d";