diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f9c9860..00000000
--- a/.envrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-watch_file rust-toolchain.toml
-
-use flake
diff --git a/.envrc.sample b/.envrc.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85d78d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Developers that want to use this can add 'source_env .envrc.sample' in their .envrc
+if has nix; then
+   watch_file rust-toolchain.toml
+   use flake
+fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1baafebd..88af74f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 /build/artifacts
 /build/*.tar.gz
 /.pre-commit-config.yaml
+/.envrc
 /.direnv/
 /result