diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix
index 0a96a9e5c8d9..bb87b4ef2549 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , pytest
+, isPy38
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "namedlist";
   version = "1.7";
 
+  disabled = isPy38;
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "11n9c4a5ak9971awkf1g92m6mcmiprhrw98ik2cmjsqxmz73j2qr";
@@ -29,6 +32,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = https://bitbucket.org/ericvsmith/namedlist;
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ivan ];
-    broken = true;
   };
 }