diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
index caa0de3f05f9..31f08d9da341 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
@@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ auth required pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet
      to a fairly old snapshot  from the <package>gcc7</package>-branch.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nixos-build-vms</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+     </citerefentry>-script now uses the python test-driver.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix
index c1028a0ad7e9..90f0702f7173 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 let nodes = import networkExpr; in
 
-with import ../../../../lib/testing.nix {
+with import ../../../../lib/testing-python.nix {
   inherit system;
   pkgs = import ../../../../.. { inherit system config; };
 };