diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+(import
+   (
+     let flake-compat = (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock)).nodes.flake-compat; in
+     fetchTarball {
+       url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
+       sha256 = flake-compat.locked.narHash;
+     }
+   )
+   { src = ./.; }).shellNix