diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
index cb8b3d6c726a..d0d32168574e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.5.0";
   pname = "asgiref";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "django";