diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/python2/mk-python-derivation.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/python2/mk-python-derivation.nix
index 6184fe0ef316..e5dd2546643b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/python2/mk-python-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/python2/mk-python-derivation.nix
@@ -304,7 +304,18 @@ let
       }
     )
   );
+
+  # Workaround to make the `lib.extendDerivation`-based disabled functionality
+  # respect `<pkg>.overrideAttrs`
+  # It doesn't cover `<pkg>.<output>.overrideAttrs`.
+  disablePythonPackage =
+    drv:
+    lib.extendDerivation (
+      drv.disabled
+      -> throw "${lib.removePrefix namePrefix drv.name} not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}"
+    ) { } drv
+    // {
+      overrideAttrs = fdrv: disablePythonPackage (drv.overrideAttrs fdrv);
+    };
 in
-lib.extendDerivation (
-  disabled -> throw "${name} not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}"
-) { } self
+disablePythonPackage self