diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-dev-env.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-dev-env.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb4c5668679fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-dev-env.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Nix developer enviroment
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # runs weekly on Sunday at 00:00
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  # Opens a PR with an updated flake.lock file
+  update_flake_lock:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v30
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@main
+        with:
+          pr-title: "Update flake.lock"
+          pr-labels: |
+            L-ignore
+            A-dependencies
+
+  nix-dev-env:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v30
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Activate nix env
+        run: nix develop -c echo Ok
+
+      - name: Check that we can compile all crates
+        run: nix develop -c cargo check --all-targets
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 45ed6bb432ffb..fed7b382be03b 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1710146030,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1719468428,
-        "narHash": "sha256-vN5xJAZ4UGREEglh3lfbbkIj+MPEYMuqewMn4atZFaQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1744536153,
+        "narHash": "sha256-awS2zRgF4uTwrOKwwiJcByDzDOdo3Q1rPZbiHQg/N38=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "1e3deb3d8a86a870d925760db1a5adecc64d329d",
+        "rev": "18dd725c29603f582cf1900e0d25f9f1063dbf11",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay",
-        "solc": "solc"
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
       }
     },
     "rust-overlay": {
@@ -49,11 +48,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1719714047,
-        "narHash": "sha256-MeNPopLLv63EZj5L43j4TZkmW4wj1ouoc/h/E20sl/U=",
+        "lastModified": 1744770893,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RMyTyFHN3w8zwfpgvcfRHQ4vX4zTqhuZbif/MXROtx8=",
         "owner": "oxalica",
         "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "cb216719ce89a43dfb3d1b86a9575e89f4b727a4",
+        "rev": "1633514603fc0ed15ea0aef7327e26736ec003c0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -62,42 +61,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "solc": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "solc-macos-amd64-list-json": "solc-macos-amd64-list-json"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717442267,
-        "narHash": "sha256-6TnQvA6Q/xC3r1M+wGC5gnDc/5XfOPjC8X6LlGDWDNc=",
-        "owner": "hellwolf",
-        "repo": "solc.nix",
-        "rev": "2ac2862f224aa0d67cbc6b3246392489f8a50596",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "hellwolf",
-        "repo": "solc.nix",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "solc-macos-amd64-list-json": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "narHash": "sha256-Prwz95BgMHcWd72VwVbcH17LsV9f24K2QMcUiWUQZzI=",
-        "type": "file",
-        "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin/raw/f743ca7/macosx-amd64/list.json"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "type": "file",
-        "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin/raw/f743ca7/macosx-amd64/list.json"
-      }
-    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ff783b4956e4e..284fb6aa8e4ed 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -8,21 +8,14 @@
         nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
       };
     };
-    solc = {
-      url = "github:hellwolf/solc.nix";
-      inputs = {
-        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-        flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
-      };
-    };
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, rust-overlay, flake-utils, solc }:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, rust-overlay, flake-utils }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
         pkgs = import nixpkgs {
           inherit system;
-          overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default solc.overlay ];
+          overlays = [ rust-overlay.overlays.default ];
         };
         lib = pkgs.lib;
         toolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override {
@@ -33,9 +26,14 @@
         devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
           nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
             pkg-config
-            solc_0_8_23
-            (solc.mkDefault pkgs solc_0_8_23)
             toolchain
+            rust-jemalloc-sys
+            cargo-nextest
+
+            # test dependencies
+            solc
+            vyper
+            nodejs
           ];
           buildInputs = lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [
             pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AppKit