diff --git a/system/home/emacs/templates b/system/home/emacs/templates
index 8f0caf85..a243638f 100644
--- a/system/home/emacs/templates
+++ b/system/home/emacs/templates
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ nix-mode
         > "};" n
         "in" n
         > "fhs.env")
-(pyshell "let" n
-         > "pkgs = import " (p "<nixpkgs>") " { };" n
-         > "fix-python = (builtins.getFlake \"github:GuillaumeDesforges/fix-python\").packages.${pkgs.system}.default;" n
-         > "python3 = pkgs." (p "python3") ";" n
-         "in" n
-         "pkgs.mkShellNoCC {" n
-         > "packages = [python3 fix-python pkgs.uv];" n
-         > "shellHook = ''" n
-         > "export PYTHONPATH=$(readlink -f " (p "./.") "):$PYTHONPATH" n
-         > "export MPLBACKEND=" (p "TkAgg") n
-         > "'';"n
-         "}")
 
 ;; Local Variables:
 ;; mode: lisp-data
diff --git a/system/home/programming/python/default.nix b/system/home/programming/python/default.nix
index 7808eee4..3b5739a4 100644
--- a/system/home/programming/python/default.nix
+++ b/system/home/programming/python/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
-# MPLBACKEND
-{
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    (python3.withPackages (
+let
+  pythonEnv = (
+    pkgs.python312.withPackages (
       ps: with ps; [
         python-lsp-server
-        pylsp-rope
-        rope
         isort
         flake8
         mypy
-        pyyaml
         numpy
         xarray
         netcdf4
         matplotlib
       ]
-    ))
-    ruff
+    )
+  );
+in
+{
+  home.packages = [
+    pkgs.ruff
+    pythonEnv
   ];
   xdg.configFile."ruff/pyproject.toml".source = ./ruff.toml;
 }
diff --git a/system/home/programming/python/pyshell.nix b/system/home/programming/python/pyshell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5777e876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/home/programming/python/pyshell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
+  python3 ? pkgs.python3,
+  extraPackages ? with pkgs; [ uv ],
+}:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
+  ldlibs = lib.makeLibraryPath (
+    with pkgs;
+    [
+      stdenv.cc.cc
+      glibc
+      zlib
+      zstd
+    ]
+  );
+  pythonWrapped = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "python";
+    paths = [ python3 ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+    postBuild = ''
+      for file in $out/bin/*; do wrapProgram "$file" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${ldlibs}"; done
+    '';
+  };
+in
+pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
+  packages = [ pythonWrapped ] ++ extraPackages;
+  shellHook = ''
+    [ -f .venv/bin/activate ] && source .venv/bin/activate
+  '';
+}