diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index b0561c36fe4..541e0bc0a5c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ in
   jenkins = handleTest ./jenkins.nix {};
   jirafeau = handleTest ./jirafeau.nix {};
   jitsi-meet = handleTest ./jitsi-meet.nix {};
-  jq = handleTest ./jq.nix {};
   k3s = handleTest ./k3s.nix {};
   kafka = handleTest ./kafka.nix {};
   keepalived = handleTest ./keepalived.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/jq.nix b/nixos/tests/jq.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 075e6c43c09..00000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/jq.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
-  name = "jq";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; { maintainers = [ nequissimus ]; };
-
-  nodes.jq = { pkgs, ... }: { environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.jq ]; };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    assert "world" in jq.succeed('echo \'{"values":["hello","world"]}\'| jq \'.values[1]\''')
-  '';
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
index e8fe27aae09..ad4304fc6e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jq/default.nix
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstallCheck = ''
     $bin/bin/jq --help >/dev/null
+    $bin/bin/jq -r '.values[1]' <<< '{"values":["hello","world"]}' | grep '^world$' > /dev/null
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) jq; };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor";
     license = licenses.mit;