diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/srsly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/srsly/default.nix
index 92e6b84afdf..54590f2e35a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/srsly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/srsly/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "srsly";
   version = "2.0.1";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "fa3c7375be8fe75f23c27feafbfb5f738d55ffdbf02964c6896fb7684f519a52";
@@ -22,8 +24,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") pathlib;
-
   checkInputs = [
     mock
     numpy
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Possibly because of sandbox restrictions.
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "srsly" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Modern high-performance serialization utilities for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/explosion/srsly";