diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
index 567a1c66e029..d27fd8620459 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mezzanine/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , isPyPy
@@ -18,9 +19,6 @@
 , chardet
 }:
 
-if stdenv.lib.versionOlder django.version "1.11" || stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast django.version "2.0"
-then throw "mezzanine requires django-1.11. Consider overriding python package set to use django_1_11"
-else
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "4.3.1";
   pname = "Mezzanine";
@@ -30,7 +28,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "42c7909953cc5aea91921b47d804b61e14893bf48a2a476ce49a96559a0fa1d3";
   };
 
-  disabled = isPyPy;
+  disabled = isPyPy || stdenv.lib.versionOlder django.version "1.11"
+    || stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast django.version "2.0";
 
   buildInputs = [ pyflakes pep8 ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ django django_contrib_comments filebrowser_safe grappelli_safe bleach tzlocal beautifulsoup4 requests requests_oauthlib future pillow chardet ];
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = ''
       A content management platform built using the Django framework
     '';
@@ -63,11 +62,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       Mezzanine provides most of its functionality by default. This
       approach yields a more integrated and efficient platform.
     '';
-    homepage = http://mezzanine.jupo.org/;
-    downloadPage = https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/releases;
+    homepage = "http://mezzanine.jupo.org/";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/releases";
     license = licenses.free;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ prikhi ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    # mezzanine requires django-1.11. Consider overriding python package set to use django_1_11"
+    broken = versionOlder django.version "1.11" || versionAtLeast django.version "2.0";
   };
 
 }