diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 63c307c09833..9e5dbf1052bb 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ in
   gobgpd = handleTest ./gobgpd.nix {};
   gocd-agent = handleTest ./gocd-agent.nix {};
   gocd-server = handleTest ./gocd-server.nix {};
-  google-cloud-sdk = handleTest ./google-cloud-sdk.nix {};
   google-oslogin = handleTest ./google-oslogin {};
   gotify-server = handleTest ./gotify-server.nix {};
   grafana = handleTest ./grafana.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix b/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3150b2d53c2c..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
-  name = "google-cloud-sdk";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; { maintainers = [ iammrinal0 ]; };
-
-  machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.google-cloud-sdk ];
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    import json
-    assert "${pkgs.google-cloud-sdk.version}" in json.loads(machine.succeed("gcloud version --format json"))["Google Cloud SDK"]
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
index af33f1b91191..3ab4ff5c8799 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  passthru = {
-    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) google-cloud-sdk; };
-  };
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  # Minor smoke test, used to be a NixOS test.
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    $out/bin/gcloud version --format json | jq '."Google Cloud SDK"' | grep "${version}"
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tools for the google cloud platform";