diff --git a/flake-modules/tests.nix b/flake-modules/tests.nix
index 7153b9e1b..038757a1d 100644
--- a/flake-modules/tests.nix
+++ b/flake-modules/tests.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ self, ... }:
+{ self, lib, ... }:
 {
   perSystem =
     {
@@ -9,38 +9,29 @@
       ...
     }:
     let
-      inherit (self'.legacyPackages.lib) helpers makeNixvimWithModule;
-      inherit (self'.legacyPackages.lib.check) mkTestDerivationFromNvim mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule;
+      callTest = lib.callPackageWith (
+        pkgs
+        // {
+          nixvimLib = self'.legacyPackages.lib;
+          inherit (self'.legacyPackages.lib) helpers makeNixvimWithModule;
+          inherit (self'.legacyPackages.lib.check) mkTestDerivationFromNvim mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule;
+        }
+      );
     in
     {
       checks = {
-        extra-args-tests = import ../tests/extra-args.nix { inherit pkgs makeNixvimWithModule; };
-
-        extend = import ../tests/extend.nix { inherit pkgs makeNixvimWithModule; };
-
-        extra-files = import ../tests/extra-files.nix { inherit pkgs makeNixvimWithModule; };
-
-        enable-except-in-tests = import ../tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix {
-          inherit pkgs makeNixvimWithModule mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule;
-        };
-
-        failing-tests = pkgs.callPackage ../tests/failing-tests.nix {
-          inherit mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule;
-        };
-
-        no-flake = import ../tests/no-flake.nix {
-          inherit system mkTestDerivationFromNvim;
+        extra-args-tests = callTest ../tests/extra-args.nix { };
+        extend = callTest ../tests/extend.nix { };
+        extra-files = callTest ../tests/extra-files.nix { };
+        enable-except-in-tests = callTest ../tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix { };
+        failing-tests = callTest ../tests/failing-tests.nix { };
+        no-flake = callTest ../tests/no-flake.nix {
+          inherit system;
           nixvim = "${self}";
         };
-
-        lib-tests = import ../tests/lib-tests.nix {
-          inherit pkgs helpers;
-          inherit (pkgs) lib;
-        };
-
-        maintainers = import ../tests/maintainers.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-
-        generated = pkgs.callPackage ../tests/generated.nix { };
-      } // import ../tests { inherit pkgs pkgsUnfree helpers; };
+        lib-tests = callTest ../tests/lib-tests.nix { };
+        maintainers = callTest ../tests/maintainers.nix { };
+        generated = callTest ../tests/generated.nix { };
+      } // callTest ../tests { inherit pkgsUnfree; };
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index 3ff5da3e8..ad93477a9 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-  lib ? pkgs.lib,
   helpers,
+  lib ? pkgs.lib,
+  linkFarm,
   pkgs,
   pkgsUnfree,
+  mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule,
 }:
 let
-  fetchTests = import ./fetch-tests.nix;
-  test-derivation = import ../lib/tests.nix { inherit pkgs lib; };
-  inherit (test-derivation) mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule;
+  fetchTests = import ./fetch-tests.nix { inherit lib pkgs helpers; };
 
   moduleToTest =
     name: module:
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ let
     };
 
   # List of files containing configurations
-  testFiles = fetchTests {
-    inherit lib pkgs helpers;
-    root = ./test-sources;
-  };
+  testFiles = fetchTests ./test-sources;
 
   exampleFiles = {
     name = "examples";
@@ -44,13 +41,13 @@ in
 lib.pipe (testFiles ++ [ exampleFiles ]) [
   (builtins.map (file: {
     inherit (file) name;
-    path = pkgs.linkFarm file.name (builtins.mapAttrs moduleToTest file.cases);
+    path = linkFarm file.name (builtins.mapAttrs moduleToTest file.cases);
   }))
   (helpers.groupListBySize 10)
   (lib.imap1 (
     i: group: rec {
       name = "test-${toString i}";
-      value = pkgs.linkFarm name group;
+      value = linkFarm name group;
     }
   ))
   builtins.listToAttrs
diff --git a/tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix b/tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix
index 65070198c..2ef815e3e 100644
--- a/tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix
+++ b/tests/enable-except-in-tests.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
   pkgs,
+  linkFarm,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
   mkTestDerivationFromNixvimModule,
   makeNixvimWithModule,
 }:
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ let
     let
       nvim = makeNixvimWithModule { inherit pkgs module; };
     in
-    pkgs.runCommand "enable-except-in-tests-not-in-test"
+    runCommandNoCCLocal "enable-except-in-tests-not-in-test"
       { printConfig = "${nvim}/bin/nixvim-print-init"; }
       ''
         if ! "$printConfig" | grep 'require("image").setup'; then
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ let
         touch $out
       '';
 in
-pkgs.linkFarm "enable-except-in-tests" [
+linkFarm "enable-except-in-tests" [
   {
     name = "in-test";
     path = inTest;
diff --git a/tests/extend.nix b/tests/extend.nix
index 00bd82815..507428be3 100644
--- a/tests/extend.nix
+++ b/tests/extend.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ makeNixvimWithModule, pkgs }:
+{
+  makeNixvimWithModule,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
+}:
 let
   firstStage = makeNixvimWithModule {
     module = {
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ let
 
   generated = secondStage.extend { extraConfigLua = "-- third stage"; };
 in
-pkgs.runCommand "extend-test" { printConfig = "${generated}/bin/nixvim-print-init"; } ''
+runCommandNoCCLocal "extend-test" { printConfig = "${generated}/bin/nixvim-print-init"; } ''
   config=$($printConfig)
   for stage in "first" "second" "third"; do
     if ! "$printConfig" | grep -q -- "-- $stage stage"; then
diff --git a/tests/extra-args.nix b/tests/extra-args.nix
index e43f6dff1..3492b10c4 100644
--- a/tests/extra-args.nix
+++ b/tests/extra-args.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ makeNixvimWithModule, pkgs }:
+{
+  makeNixvimWithModule,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
+}:
 let
   defaultModule =
     { regularArg, ... }:
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 in
-pkgs.runCommand "special-arg-test" { printConfig = "${generated}/bin/nixvim-print-init"; } ''
+runCommandNoCCLocal "special-arg-test" { printConfig = "${generated}/bin/nixvim-print-init"; } ''
   config=$($printConfig)
   if ! "$printConfig" | grep -- '-- regularArg=regularValue'; then
     echo "Missing regularArg in config"
diff --git a/tests/extra-files.nix b/tests/extra-files.nix
index 9f4465e04..a33392732 100644
--- a/tests/extra-files.nix
+++ b/tests/extra-files.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ makeNixvimWithModule, pkgs }:
+{
+  makeNixvimWithModule,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
+}:
 let
   extraFiles = {
     "one".text = "one";
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 in
-pkgs.runCommand "extra-files-test"
+runCommandNoCCLocal "extra-files-test"
   {
     root = build.config.filesPlugin;
     files = builtins.attrNames extraFiles;
diff --git a/tests/fetch-tests.nix b/tests/fetch-tests.nix
index d522c33f0..39f03fae8 100644
--- a/tests/fetch-tests.nix
+++ b/tests/fetch-tests.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  root,
   lib,
   pkgs,
   helpers,
@@ -49,4 +48,4 @@ let
       builtins.concatLists
     ];
 in
-fetchTests root [ ]
+root: fetchTests root [ ]
diff --git a/tests/generated.nix b/tests/generated.nix
index 46b763bc6..28c8acc71 100644
--- a/tests/generated.nix
+++ b/tests/generated.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
-  runCommand,
   pkgs,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
 }:
 let
   # Format a list of errors with an error message and trailing newline
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ let
     }
   );
 in
-runCommand "generated-sources-test" { inherit errors; } ''
+runCommandNoCCLocal "generated-sources-test" { inherit errors; } ''
   if [ -n "$errors" ]; then
     echo -n "$errors"
     exit 1
diff --git a/tests/lib-tests.nix b/tests/lib-tests.nix
index abaecb23e..c4ca8a42d 100644
--- a/tests/lib-tests.nix
+++ b/tests/lib-tests.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # For shorter test iterations run the following in the root of the repo:
 #   `echo ':b checks.${builtins.currentSystem}.lib-tests' | nix repl .`
 {
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
   helpers,
+  lib,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
+  writeText,
 }:
 let
   luaNames = {
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ let
     ];
   };
 
-  drv = pkgs.writeText "example-derivation" "hello, world!";
+  drv = writeText "example-derivation" "hello, world!";
 
-  results = pkgs.lib.runTests {
+  results = lib.runTests {
     testToLuaObject = {
       expr = helpers.toLuaObject {
         foo = "bar";
@@ -377,11 +378,11 @@ let
   };
 in
 if results == [ ] then
-  pkgs.runCommand "lib-tests-success" { } "touch $out"
+  runCommandNoCCLocal "lib-tests-success" { } "touch $out"
 else
-  pkgs.runCommand "lib-tests-failure"
+  runCommandNoCCLocal "lib-tests-failure"
     {
-      results = pkgs.lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+      results = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
         builtins.map (result: ''
           ${result.name}:
             expected: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } result.expected}
diff --git a/tests/maintainers.nix b/tests/maintainers.nix
index a9033aacf..f99e73e34 100644
--- a/tests/maintainers.nix
+++ b/tests/maintainers.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
-  lib ? pkgs.lib,
+  lib,
+  runCommandNoCCLocal,
 }:
 let
   inherit (lib) attrNames filter length;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
   duplicates = filter (name: nixpkgsList ? ${name}) (attrNames nixvimList);
   count = length duplicates;
 in
-pkgs.runCommand "maintainers-test" { inherit count duplicates; } ''
+runCommandNoCCLocal "maintainers-test" { inherit count duplicates; } ''
   if [ $count -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "$count nixvim maintainers are also nixpkgs maintainers:"
     for name in $duplicates; do