diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix
index be1b705dc02b..08c794682713 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dendropy/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dendropy";
   version = "4.5.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jeetsukumaran";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-FP0+fJkkFtSysPxoHXjyMgF8pPin7aRyzmHe9bH8LlM=";
+    hash = "sha256-FP0+fJkkFtSysPxoHXjyMgF8pPin7aRyzmHe9bH8LlM=";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [
@@ -27,9 +31,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_group1"
     # AssertionError: 6 != 5
     "test_by_num_lineages"
+    # AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Iterable'
+    "test_findall_multiple"
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "dendropy" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "dendropy"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python library for phylogenetic computing";