diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix
index f606867c167b..956b1098e33f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix
@@ -2,23 +2,31 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , python-dateutil
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ghp-import";
   version = "2.1.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-nFNcTGEZPC34hxIiVn1/1+UBTYNfl9x7dDkGniQT00M=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python-dateutil ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    python-dateutil
+  ];
 
   # Does not include any unit tests
   doCheck = false;
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ghp_import" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ghp_import"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Copy your docs directly to the gh-pages branch";