diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 11502e8163ac..644f0af36037 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ in {
   alice-lg = runTest ./alice-lg.nix;
   alloy = runTest ./alloy.nix;
   allTerminfo = runTest ./all-terminfo.nix;
-  alps = handleTest ./alps.nix {};
+  alps = runTest ./alps.nix;
   amazon-cloudwatch-agent = handleTest ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.nix {};
   amazon-init-shell = handleTest ./amazon-init-shell.nix {};
   amazon-ssm-agent = handleTest ./amazon-ssm-agent.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/alps.nix b/nixos/tests/alps.nix
index 3e990cea8035..fd4ee51e6e20 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/alps.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/alps.nix
@@ -2,118 +2,116 @@ let
   certs = import ./common/acme/server/snakeoil-certs.nix;
   domain = certs.domain;
 in
-import ./make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  {
-    name = "alps";
-    meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-      maintainers = [ hmenke ];
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "alps";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ hmenke ];
+  };
+
+  nodes = {
+    server = {
+      imports = [ ./common/user-account.nix ];
+      security.pki.certificateFiles = [
+        certs.ca.cert
+      ];
+      networking.extraHosts = ''
+        127.0.0.1 ${domain}
+      '';
+      networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
+        25
+        465
+        993
+      ];
+      services.postfix = {
+        enable = true;
+        enableSubmission = true;
+        enableSubmissions = true;
+        tlsTrustedAuthorities = "${certs.ca.cert}";
+        sslCert = "${certs.${domain}.cert}";
+        sslKey = "${certs.${domain}.key}";
+      };
+      services.dovecot2 = {
+        enable = true;
+        enableImap = true;
+        sslCACert = "${certs.ca.cert}";
+        sslServerCert = "${certs.${domain}.cert}";
+        sslServerKey = "${certs.${domain}.key}";
+      };
     };
 
-    nodes = {
-      server = {
-        imports = [ ./common/user-account.nix ];
+    client =
+      { nodes, config, ... }:
+      {
         security.pki.certificateFiles = [
           certs.ca.cert
         ];
         networking.extraHosts = ''
-          127.0.0.1 ${domain}
+          ${nodes.server.config.networking.primaryIPAddress} ${domain}
         '';
-        networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
-          25
-          465
-          993
-        ];
-        services.postfix = {
+        services.alps = {
           enable = true;
-          enableSubmission = true;
-          enableSubmissions = true;
-          tlsTrustedAuthorities = "${certs.ca.cert}";
-          sslCert = "${certs.${domain}.cert}";
-          sslKey = "${certs.${domain}.key}";
-        };
-        services.dovecot2 = {
-          enable = true;
-          enableImap = true;
-          sslCACert = "${certs.ca.cert}";
-          sslServerCert = "${certs.${domain}.cert}";
-          sslServerKey = "${certs.${domain}.key}";
-        };
-      };
-
-      client =
-        { nodes, config, ... }:
-        {
-          security.pki.certificateFiles = [
-            certs.ca.cert
-          ];
-          networking.extraHosts = ''
-            ${nodes.server.config.networking.primaryIPAddress} ${domain}
-          '';
-          services.alps = {
-            enable = true;
-            theme = "alps";
-            imaps = {
-              host = domain;
-              port = 993;
-            };
-            smtps = {
-              host = domain;
-              port = 465;
-            };
+          theme = "alps";
+          imaps = {
+            host = domain;
+            port = 993;
+          };
+          smtps = {
+            host = domain;
+            port = 465;
           };
-          environment.systemPackages = [
-            (pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "test-alps-login" { } ''
-              from urllib.request import build_opener, HTTPCookieProcessor, Request
-              from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
-              from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
-
-              baseurl = "http://localhost:${toString config.services.alps.port}"
-              username = "alice"
-              password = "${nodes.server.config.users.users.alice.password}"
-              cookiejar = CookieJar()
-              cookieprocessor = HTTPCookieProcessor(cookiejar)
-              opener = build_opener(cookieprocessor)
-
-              data = urlencode({"username": username, "password": password}).encode()
-              req = Request(urljoin(baseurl, "login"), data=data, method="POST")
-              with opener.open(req) as ret:
-                  # Check that the alps_session cookie is set
-                  print(cookiejar)
-                  assert any(cookie.name == "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
-
-              req = Request(baseurl)
-              with opener.open(req) as ret:
-                  # Check that the alps_session cookie is still there...
-                  print(cookiejar)
-                  assert any(cookie.name == "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
-                  # ...and that we have not been redirected back to the login page
-                  print(ret.url)
-                  assert ret.url == urljoin(baseurl, "mailbox/INBOX")
-
-              req = Request(urljoin(baseurl, "logout"))
-              with opener.open(req) as ret:
-                  # Check that the alps_session cookie is now gone
-                  print(cookiejar)
-                  assert all(cookie.name != "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
-            '')
-          ];
         };
-    };
+        environment.systemPackages = [
+          (pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "test-alps-login" { } ''
+            from urllib.request import build_opener, HTTPCookieProcessor, Request
+            from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
+            from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 
-    testScript =
-      { nodes, ... }:
-      ''
-        server.start()
-        server.wait_for_unit("postfix.service")
-        server.wait_for_unit("dovecot2.service")
-        server.wait_for_open_port(465)
-        server.wait_for_open_port(993)
+            baseurl = "http://localhost:${toString config.services.alps.port}"
+            username = "alice"
+            password = "${nodes.server.config.users.users.alice.password}"
+            cookiejar = CookieJar()
+            cookieprocessor = HTTPCookieProcessor(cookiejar)
+            opener = build_opener(cookieprocessor)
 
-        client.start()
-        client.wait_for_unit("alps.service")
-        client.wait_for_open_port(${toString nodes.client.config.services.alps.port})
-        client.succeed("test-alps-login")
-      '';
-  }
-)
+            data = urlencode({"username": username, "password": password}).encode()
+            req = Request(urljoin(baseurl, "login"), data=data, method="POST")
+            with opener.open(req) as ret:
+                # Check that the alps_session cookie is set
+                print(cookiejar)
+                assert any(cookie.name == "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
+
+            req = Request(baseurl)
+            with opener.open(req) as ret:
+                # Check that the alps_session cookie is still there...
+                print(cookiejar)
+                assert any(cookie.name == "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
+                # ...and that we have not been redirected back to the login page
+                print(ret.url)
+                assert ret.url == urljoin(baseurl, "mailbox/INBOX")
+
+            req = Request(urljoin(baseurl, "logout"))
+            with opener.open(req) as ret:
+                # Check that the alps_session cookie is now gone
+                print(cookiejar)
+                assert all(cookie.name != "alps_session" for cookie in cookiejar)
+          '')
+        ];
+      };
+  };
+
+  testScript =
+    { nodes, ... }:
+    ''
+      server.start()
+      server.wait_for_unit("postfix.service")
+      server.wait_for_unit("dovecot2.service")
+      server.wait_for_open_port(465)
+      server.wait_for_open_port(993)
+
+      client.start()
+      client.wait_for_unit("alps.service")
+      client.wait_for_open_port(${toString nodes.client.config.services.alps.port})
+      client.succeed("test-alps-login")
+    '';
+}