diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy/default.nix
index 28eea2f430b8..6dfac8224053 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mitmproxy";
   version = "6.0.2";
-  disabled = isPy27;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = pname;