diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2ceca39dde7..d338b21e388 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2603,6 +2603,7 @@ let
   poppler-qt4 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "poppler-qt4-${version}";
     version = "0.18.1";
+    disabled = isPy3k;
     
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/python-poppler-qt4/" +