diff --git a/derivations/dev/rust.nix b/derivations/dev/rust.nix
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+{
+pkgs ? import /home/steveej/src/github/NixOS/nixpkgs {},
+name ? "generic",
+version,
+extraBuildInputs ? [] }: 
+let 
+  rustPackages = builtins.getAttr "rust${version}" pkgs;
+  rustBuildInputs = { rustPackages }: [
+      rustPackages.rustc
+  ];
+  rustShellHook = { rustPackages, name }: ''
+      setPS1 rust${version}
+      unset name
+    '';
+in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit name;
+  buildInputs = extraBuildInputs ++ (rustBuildInputs){ inherit rustPackages; };
+  shellHook = (rustShellHook) { inherit name; inherit rustPackages; };
+}