diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix
index 7ac68dd973ef..e146649604f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "commandparse";
   version = "1.1.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -14,7 +18,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # tests only distributed upstream source, not PyPi
   doCheck = false;
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "commandparse" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "commandparse"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python module to parse command based CLI application";