diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
index 2b350be00460..c4eb97e1cac6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage
-, enum34
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , flit-core
-, isPy27
-, lib
-, pathlib
 , pyyaml
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -14,6 +12,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.5.0";
   format = "flit";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "beetbox";
     repo = pname;
@@ -27,16 +27,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pyyaml
-  ] ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [
-    enum34
-    pathlib
-  ] ;
+  ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "confuse" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "confuse"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python configuration library for Python that uses YAML";