diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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+let
+  pkgs = import (fetchTarball https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/17.09.tar.gz) {};
+in with pkgs; {
+  simpleEnv = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "simple-env";
+    version = "1";
+    buildInputs = [ pandoc stack ];
+  };
+}
+