diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyamf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyamf/default.nix
index 59acacd5051..5ac6ef82964 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyamf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyamf/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, defusedxml }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, defusedxml }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
   pname = "PyAMF";
   version = "0.8.0";
 
+  # according to setup.py
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "1r3lp9gkph48g9lijby5rs5daa3lhxs204r14zw4kvp3hf4xcm84";