diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix
index f8ad6b16c81..31042c8cc1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27 }:
 
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-
   pname = "versioneer";
   version = "0.19";
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;