diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix
index d620f6fb4e22..f70b8a73a65e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonAtLeast,
   django,
   coreschema,
   itypes,
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.3.3";
   format = "setuptools";
 
+  # cgi module was removed in 3.13, upstream repo archived since 2019
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.13";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "python-client";
     owner = "core-api";