diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/atom/default.nix
index 7fbfb19baffb..3b5b212b7ea1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/atom/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , future
 , cppy
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.8.2";
   format = "pyproject";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nucleic";
     repo = pname;
@@ -43,8 +46,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Memory efficient Python objects";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bhipple ];
     homepage = "https://github.com/nucleic/atom";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bhipple ];
   };
 }