diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bincopy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bincopy/default.nix
index 25e537203266..67b64e2a71af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bincopy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bincopy/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, argparse-addons, humanfriendly, pyelftools }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, argparse-addons
+, humanfriendly
+, pyelftools
+, pythonOlder
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "bincopy";
   version = "20.0.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -15,7 +25,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyelftools
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bincopy" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "bincopy"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Mangling of various file formats that conveys binary information (Motorola S-Record, Intel HEX, TI-TXT, ELF and binary files)";