diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 194fc2be27a..70596269877 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10293,6 +10293,8 @@ let
   sqlalchemy9 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "SQLAlchemy-0.9.8";
 
+    disabled = isPyPy;
+
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/S/SQLAlchemy/${name}.tar.gz";
       md5 = "470ca4da4a0081efc830f0d90dd91682";