diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+let
+ pkgs = import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/f155f0cf4ea43c4e3c8918d2d327d44777b6cad4.tar.gz") {};
+in pkgs.mkShell {
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    cargo
+    rustc
+    rustfmt
+    m4
+   ];
+}
+