diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix
index fd3d0b02b63..6779a50e2c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update_checker/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests}:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests, isPy27
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "update_checker";
   version = "0.18.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;