diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/in-place/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/in-place/default.nix
index 68e82ba1abfd..324cd61537fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/in-place/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/in-place/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 , setuptools
 }:
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.0.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jwodder";
     repo = "inplace";