diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
index 80264c3d00a..7c32118ddb9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def determine_variants(cls, exes, version_str):
                 variants += "~tix"
 
         # Some modules are platform-dependent
-        if sys.platform != "win32":
+        if sys.platform != "win32" and Version(version_str) < Version("3.13"):
             try:
                 python("-c", "import crypt", error=os.devnull)
                 variants += "+crypt"