diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 51f5d00b299..e63dfad084e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18812,15 +18812,18 @@ in {
   };
 
   pickleshare = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.5";
+    version = "0.7.4";
     name = "pickleshare-${version}";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/p/pickleshare/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "c0be5745035d437dbf55a96f60b7712345b12423f7d0951bd7d8dc2141ca9286";
+      sha256 = "84a9257227dfdd6fe1b4be1319096c20eb85ff1e82c7932f36efccfe1b09737b";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [pathpy];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [pathpy] ++ optional (pythonOlder "3.4") pathlib2;
+
+    # No proper test suite
+    doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
       description = "Tiny 'shelve'-like database with concurrency support";