diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3c9786fa45b..534632ea1db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2372,7 +2372,8 @@ in {
 
   fx2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fx2 { };
 
-  gaia = (toPythonModule (pkgs.gaia.override {
+  # gaia isn't supported with python3 and it's not available from pypi
+  gaia = disabledIf (isPyPy || isPy3k) (toPythonModule (pkgs.gaia.override {
     pythonPackages = self;
     pythonSupport = true;
   }));