diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ea833b39..6e45883c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py36, py37, py38, py39, py310, py311
+# TODO: i had to remove py36 since something (hatchling?) broke it
+# somehow, and i was not able to quickly fix.  as of writing only
+# one app is known to run py36 and hopefully that is not for long.
+envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310, py311
 
 # TODO: can remove this when we drop py36 support
 # nb. need this for testing older python versions