diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 60593ca3784..ef38fe02cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ rec {
 
   beaker = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Beaker-1.6.4";
+    
+    disabled = isPy3k;
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/B/Beaker/${name}.tar.gz";