diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tldextract/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tldextract/default.nix
index b91289e50614..d5b257abedf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tldextract/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tldextract/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,56 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, setuptools_scm
-, requests, requests-file, idna, filelock, pytest
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, filelock
+, idna
+, pytest-mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+, requests-file
 , responses
+, setuptools-scm
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname   = "tldextract";
   version = "3.1.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "cfae9bc8bda37c3e8c7c8639711ad20e95dc85b207a256b60b0b23d7ff5540ea";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests requests-file idna filelock ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest responses ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    filelock
+    idna
+    requests
+    requests-file
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+    responses
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini --replace " --pylint" ""
+  '';
 
-  # No tests included
-  doCheck = false;
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "tldextract" ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module to accurately separate the TLD from the domain of an URL";
+    longDescription = ''
+      tldextract accurately separates the gTLD or ccTLD (generic or country code top-level domain)
+      from the registered domain and subdomains of a URL.
+    '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/john-kurkowski/tldextract";
-    description = "Accurately separate the TLD from the registered domain and subdomains of a URL, using the Public Suffix List";
-    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
   };
 }