diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rflink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rflink/default.nix
index c33d44f628f..fa6f44ef616 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rflink/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rflink/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , pyserial-asyncio
 , setuptools
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonAtLeast
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  disabledTestPaths = lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.10") [
+    # https://github.com/aequitas/python-rflink/issues/65
+    "tests/test_proxy.py"
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace "version=version_from_git()" "version='${version}'"