diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/social-auth-app-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/social-auth-app-django/default.nix
index b9372f196a80..a8fd2503dbe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/social-auth-app-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/social-auth-app-django/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 , social-auth-core
 , django
 , python
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "social-auth-app-django";
   version = "5.4.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-social-auth";