diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index 29e3ecd20b1f..28f53f8ca95f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ let
   majorVersion = "2.6";
   version = "${majorVersion}.9";
 
-  # python 2.6 will receive security fixes until Oct 2013
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0hbfs2691b60c7arbysbzr0w9528d5pl8a4x7mq5psh6a2cvprya";
@@ -118,6 +117,10 @@ let
       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.psfl;
       platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
       maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ simons chaoflow iElectric ];
+      # If you want to use Python 2.6, remove "broken = true;" at your own
+      # risk.  Python 2.6 has known security vulnerabilities is not receiving
+      # security updates as of October 2013.
+      broken = true;
     };
   };