diff --git a/nix/disciplined-conda.nix b/nix/disciplined-conda.nix
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+# nix-build -E "with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./disciplined-conda.nix {}"
+
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, runCommand
+, buildFHSUserEnv
+, libselinux
+, xorg
+}:
+
+let
+  condaDeps = [ stdenv.cc xorg.libSM xorg.libICE xorg.libXrender libselinux ];
+  # Use the full Anaconda distribution, which already contains conda-build and its many dependencies,
+  # so we don't have to manually deal with them.
+  condaInstaller = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2018.12-Linux-x86_64.sh";
+    sha256 = "006fgyz75ihd00qzbr1cny97xf1mwnzibbqyhskghraqgs2x068h";
+  };
+  condaSrcChmod = runCommand "conda-src-chmod" { } "mkdir $out; cp ${condaInstaller} $out/conda-installer.sh; chmod +x $out/conda-installer.sh";
+  condaInstallerEnv = buildFHSUserEnv {
+    name = "conda-installer-env";
+    targetPkgs = pkgs: ([ condaSrcChmod ] ++ condaDeps);
+  };
+
+  # Git depends on libiconv
+  condaIconv = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/libiconv/1.15/download/linux-64/libiconv-1.15-h14c3975_1004.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "167j8jpr6mnyrzwp18dr52xr3xjsf39q452ag247ijlmp092v8ns";
+  };
+  condaGit = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/git/2.20.1/download/linux-64/git-2.20.1-pl526hc122a05_1001.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "03s01xq2jj7zbx7jfzz6agy40jj7xkq6dwar3lw1z5j2rbmh8h0h";
+  };
+  condaInstalled = runCommand "conda-installed" { }
+    ''
+    ${condaInstallerEnv}/bin/conda-installer-env -c "${condaSrcChmod}/conda-installer.sh -p $out -b"
+    ${condaInstallerEnv}/bin/conda-installer-env -c "$out/bin/conda install ${condaIconv}"
+    ${condaInstallerEnv}/bin/conda-installer-env -c "$out/bin/conda install ${condaGit}"
+    '';
+  condaBuilderEnv = buildFHSUserEnv {
+    name = "conda-builder-env";
+    targetPkgs = pkgs: [ condaInstalled ] ++ condaDeps;
+  };
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "conda-artiq";
+  src = ../.;
+  buildInputs = [ condaBuilderEnv ];
+  buildCommand =
+    ''
+    HOME=`pwd`
+    # Build requirements make conda-build fail when disconnected from the internet, e.g. in the nix sandbox.
+    # Just ignore them - python and setuptools are installed anyway.
+    cat << EOF > clobber.yaml
+      requirements:
+        build:
+    EOF
+    mkdir $out
+    ${condaBuilderEnv}/bin/conda-builder-env -c "conda build --clobber-file clobber.yaml --no-anaconda-upload --no-test --output-folder $out $src/conda/artiq"
+    '';
+}