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diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/flex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/flex/default.nix
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+# This should be moved to default.nix eventually (?)
+
+{stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, m4}:
+
+assert yacc != null && m4 != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "flex-2.5.35";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/flex/flex-2.5.35.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0ysff249mwhq0053bw3hxh58djc0gy7vjan2z1krrf9n5d5vvv0b";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [yacc];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [m4];
+
+  crossAttrs = {
+    preConfigure = ''
+      export ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes
+      export ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes
+    '';
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A fast lexical analyser generator";
+  };
+}