diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
index 0910f601dc222..244b366081c0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynvim/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , nose
 , msgpack
 , greenlet
-, trollius ? null
 , pythonOlder
 , isPyPy
 , pytestrunner
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pynvim";
   version = "0.4.3";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ msgpack ]
-    ++ lib.optional (!isPyPy) greenlet
-    ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") trollius;
+    ++ lib.optional (!isPyPy) greenlet;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Python client for Neovim";