diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutagen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutagen/default.nix
index 4aacc0891db..9494d2c84a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutagen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutagen/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, isPy27
 , fetchpatch
 , hypothesis
 , pycodestyle
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mutagen";
   version = "1.44.0";
+  disabled = isPy27; # abandoned
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;