diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4fe4f8a7084f..104ab6a346ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -743,7 +743,9 @@ in modules // {
 
   anyjson = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "anyjson-0.3.3";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
+
+    # The tests are written in a python2 syntax but anyjson is python3 valid
+    doCheck = !isPy3k;
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/a/anyjson/${name}.tar.gz";