diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/z3c-checkversions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/z3c-checkversions/default.nix
index 4f17e183396b..400d22584451 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/z3c-checkversions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/z3c-checkversions/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  stdenv,
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
   python,
+  pythonAtLeast,
   zc-buildout,
   zope-testrunner,
 }:
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
+  # distutils usage
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.12";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit version;
     pname = "z3c.checkversions";