diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 55823eea2b6..59df60bb55e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7018,6 +7018,7 @@ rec {
   robotframework = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "2.8.5";
     name = "robotframework-${version}";
+    disabled = isPy3k;
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/robotframework/${name}.tar.gz";