diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trollius/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trollius/default.nix
index 01ad57e55d7..476a2361416 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trollius/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trollius/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ./tests.patch
   ];
 
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
   postPatch = ''
     # Overrides PYTHONPATH causing dependencies not to be found
     sed -i -e "s|test_env_var_debug|skip_test_env_var_debug|g" tests/test_tasks.py