diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix
index 5f1b56cbcde4..5439bde10040 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, pythonAtLeast
 , fetchPypi
 , pycosat
 , requests
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "conda";
   version = "4.3.16";
 
+  # this is a very outdated version of conda that isn't compatible with python 3.10+
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.10";
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "a91ef821343dea3ba9670f3d10b36c1ace4f4c36d70c175d8fc8886e94285953";
@@ -30,5 +34,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/conda/conda";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   };
-
 }