diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 9e5dbf1052bb..847c9b7e5672 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ in
   xterm = handleTest ./xterm.nix {};
   yabar = handleTest ./yabar.nix {};
   yggdrasil = handleTest ./yggdrasil.nix {};
-  yq = handleTest ./yq.nix {};
   zfs = handleTest ./zfs.nix {};
   zigbee2mqtt = handleTest ./zigbee2mqtt.nix {};
   zoneminder = handleTest ./zoneminder.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/yq.nix b/nixos/tests/yq.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cdcb3d6e2462..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/yq.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
-  name = "yq";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; { maintainers = [ nequissimus ]; };
-
-  nodes.yq = { pkgs, ... }: { environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ jq yq ]; };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    assert "hello:\n  foo: bar\n" in yq.succeed(
-        'echo \'{"hello":{"foo":"bar"}}\' | yq -y .'
-    )
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yq/default.nix
index 922276e38894..a9225d435437 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yq/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "yq" ];
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) yq; };
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    echo '{"hello":{"foo":"bar"}}' | $out/bin/yq -y . | grep 'foo: bar'
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Command-line YAML processor - jq wrapper for YAML documents";