diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/napalm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/napalm/default.nix
index 2266283cc53b..ef59a33a956a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/napalm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/napalm/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, callPackage, setuptools, cffi
 , paramiko, requests, future, textfsm, jinja2, netaddr, pyyaml, pyeapi, netmiko
-, junos-eznc, ciscoconfparse, scp, lxml, ncclient, pytestCheckHook, ddt, mock }:
+, junos-eznc, ciscoconfparse, scp, lxml, ncclient, pytestCheckHook, ddt, mock
+, pythonOlder, pythonAtLeast }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "napalm";
   version = "3.3.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6" || pythonAtLeast "3.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "napalm-automation";