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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  python3Packages,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "aactivator";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Yelp";
+    repo = "aactivator";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-vnBDtLEvU1jHbb5/MXAulXaBaugdCZdLQSP2b8P6SiQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pexpect
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # presumably because of shell manipulations
+    "tests/integration_test.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Automatically activate Python virtualenvs (and other environments)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Yelp/aactivator";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "aactivator";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ keller00 ];
+  };
+}