diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 541e0bc0a5cf..bf094dbe9848 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ in
   samba = handleTest ./samba.nix {};
   samba-wsdd = handleTest ./samba-wsdd.nix {};
   sanoid = handleTest ./sanoid.nix {};
-  sbt = handleTest ./sbt.nix {};
   sddm = handleTest ./sddm.nix {};
   searx = handleTest ./searx.nix {};
   service-runner = handleTest ./service-runner.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/sbt.nix b/nixos/tests/sbt.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 22541232ba65..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/sbt.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
-  name = "sbt";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ nequissimus ];
-  };
-
-  machine = { pkgs, ... }:
-    {
-      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.sbt ];
-    };
-
-  testScript =
-    ''
-      machine.succeed(
-          "(sbt --offline --version 2>&1 || true) | grep 'getting org.scala-sbt sbt ${pkgs.sbt.version}  (this may take some time)'"
-      )
-    '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
index 9e45c3e8b902..e48af4960623 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, autoPatchelfHook, zlib, writeScript
-, common-updater-scripts, git, nixfmt, nix, coreutils, gnused, nixosTests }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, jre
+, autoPatchelfHook
+, zlib
+, writeScript
+, common-updater-scripts
+, git
+, nixfmt
+, nix
+, coreutils
+, gnused
+, nixosTests
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sbt";
@@ -28,6 +41,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     } $out/bin/sbtn
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    ($out/bin/sbt --offline --version 2>&1 || true) | grep 'getting org.scala-sbt sbt ${version}  (this may take some time)'
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.scala-sbt.org/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
@@ -36,34 +54,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 
-  passthru = {
-    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) sbt; };
+  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    set -o errexit
+    PATH=${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        common-updater-scripts
+        git
+        nixfmt
+        nix
+        coreutils
+        gnused
+      ]
+    }
 
-    updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
-      #!${stdenv.shell}
-      set -o errexit
-      PATH=${
-        lib.makeBinPath [
-          common-updater-scripts
-          git
-          nixfmt
-          nix
-          coreutils
-          gnused
-        ]
-      }
+    oldVersion="$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; lib.getVersion sbt" | tr -d '"')"
+    latestTag="$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags git@github.com:sbt/sbt.git '*.*.*' | tail --lines=1 | cut --delimiter='/' --fields=3 | sed 's|^v||g')"
 
-      oldVersion="$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; lib.getVersion sbt" | tr -d '"')"
-      latestTag="$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags git@github.com:sbt/sbt.git '*.*.*' | tail --lines=1 | cut --delimiter='/' --fields=3 | sed 's|^v||g')"
-
-      if [ ! "$oldVersion" = "$latestTag" ]; then
-        update-source-version sbt "$latestTag" --version-key=version --print-changes
-        nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-        default_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix"
-        nixfmt "$default_nix"
-      else
-        echo "sbt is already up-to-date"
-      fi
-    '';
-  };
+    if [ ! "$oldVersion" = "$latestTag" ]; then
+      update-source-version sbt "$latestTag" --version-key=version --print-changes
+      nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+      default_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix"
+      nixfmt "$default_nix"
+    else
+      echo "sbt is already up-to-date"
+    fi
+  '';
 }