diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
index d4e544ad8d43..b7fbe41f691f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inflect/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools_scm, nose, six, importlib-metadata, toml }:
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, setuptools_scm, nose, six, importlib-metadata, toml }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "inflect";
   version = "4.1.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;