diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 552fb324db76..587ace3b47a2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -535,7 +535,10 @@ in
   mimir = runTest ./mimir.nix;
   galene = discoverTests (import ./galene.nix);
   gancio = runTest ./gancio.nix;
-  garage = handleTest ./garage { };
+  garage_1 = import ./garage {
+    inherit runTest;
+    package = pkgs.garage_1_x;
+  };
   gatus = runTest ./gatus.nix;
   getaddrinfo = runTest ./getaddrinfo.nix;
   gemstash = handleTest ./gemstash.nix { };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/garage/basic.nix b/nixos/tests/garage/basic.nix
index c6264d2cbc9f..f035410b86ae 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/garage/basic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/garage/basic.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
-(import ../make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  {
-    name = "garage-basic";
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ raitobezarius ];
-    };
+{ mkNode, ... }:
+{
+  name = "garage-basic";
 
-    nodes = {
-      single_node = mkNode { replicationMode = "none"; };
-    };
+  nodes = {
+    single_node = mkNode { replicationMode = "none"; };
+  };
 
-    testScript = ''
+  testScript = # python
+    ''
       from typing import List
       from dataclasses import dataclass
       import re
@@ -54,9 +50,7 @@ args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
          machine.succeed(f"garage layout apply --version {version}")
 
       def create_api_key(machine: Machine, key_name: str) -> S3Key:
-         output = machine.succeed(f"garage key ${
-           if ver == "0_8" then "new --name" else "create"
-         } {key_name}")
+         output = machine.succeed(f"garage key create {key_name}")
          m = key_creation_regex.match(output)
          if not m or not m.group('key_id') or not m.group('secret_key'):
             raise ValueError('Cannot parse API key data')
@@ -94,13 +88,9 @@ args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
         single_node.wait_for_open_port(3900)
         # Now Garage is initialized.
         single_node_id = get_node_id(single_node)
-        apply_garage_layout(single_node, [f'-z qemutest -c ${
-          if ver == "0_8" then "1" else "1G"
-        } "{single_node_id}"'])
+        apply_garage_layout(single_node, [f'-z qemutest -c 1G "{single_node_id}"'])
         # Now Garage is operational.
         test_bucket_writes(single_node)
         test_bucket_over_http(single_node)
     '';
-  }
-))
-  args
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/garage/default.nix b/nixos/tests/garage/default.nix
index cd2824d26ecd..aa4a14569c52 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/garage/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/garage/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 {
-  system ? builtins.currentSystem,
-  config ? { },
-  pkgs ? import ../../.. { inherit system config; },
+  runTest,
+  package,
 }:
-with pkgs.lib;
-
 let
   mkNode =
-    package:
     {
       replicationMode,
       publicV6Address ? "::1",
@@ -55,24 +51,22 @@ let
       virtualisation.diskSize = 2 * 1024;
     };
 in
-foldl
-  (
-    matrix: ver:
-    matrix
-    // {
-      "basic${toString ver}" = import ./basic.nix {
-        inherit system pkgs ver;
-        mkNode = mkNode pkgs."garage_${ver}";
-      };
-      "with-3node-replication${toString ver}" = import ./with-3node-replication.nix {
-        inherit system pkgs ver;
-        mkNode = mkNode pkgs."garage_${ver}";
-      };
-    }
-  )
-  { }
-  [
-    "0_8"
-    "0_9"
-    "1_x"
-  ]
+{
+  basic = runTest {
+    imports = [
+      ./basic.nix
+    ];
+    _module.args = {
+      inherit mkNode;
+    };
+  };
+
+  with-3node-replication = runTest {
+    imports = [
+      ./with-3node-replication.nix
+    ];
+    _module.args = {
+      inherit mkNode;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/garage/with-3node-replication.nix b/nixos/tests/garage/with-3node-replication.nix
index a2f4189603b0..5d04e817cf49 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/garage/with-3node-replication.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/garage/with-3node-replication.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,28 @@
-args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
-(import ../make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  {
-    name = "garage-3node-replication";
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ raitobezarius ];
-    };
+{ mkNode, ... }:
+{
+  name = "garage-3node-replication";
 
-    nodes = {
-      node1 = mkNode {
-        replicationMode = "3";
-        publicV6Address = "fc00:1::1";
-      };
-      node2 = mkNode {
-        replicationMode = "3";
-        publicV6Address = "fc00:1::2";
-      };
-      node3 = mkNode {
-        replicationMode = "3";
-        publicV6Address = "fc00:1::3";
-      };
-      node4 = mkNode {
-        replicationMode = "3";
-        publicV6Address = "fc00:1::4";
-      };
+  nodes = {
+    node1 = mkNode {
+      replicationMode = "3";
+      publicV6Address = "fc00:1::1";
     };
+    node2 = mkNode {
+      replicationMode = "3";
+      publicV6Address = "fc00:1::2";
+    };
+    node3 = mkNode {
+      replicationMode = "3";
+      publicV6Address = "fc00:1::3";
+    };
+    node4 = mkNode {
+      replicationMode = "3";
+      publicV6Address = "fc00:1::4";
+    };
+  };
 
-    testScript = ''
+  testScript = # python
+    ''
       from typing import List
       from dataclasses import dataclass
       import re
@@ -68,9 +64,7 @@ args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
          machine.succeed(f"garage layout apply --version {version}")
 
       def create_api_key(machine: Machine, key_name: str) -> S3Key:
-         output = machine.succeed(f"garage key ${
-           if ver == "0_8" then "new --name" else "create"
-         } {key_name}")
+         output = machine.succeed(f"garage key create {key_name}")
          m = key_creation_regex.match(output)
          if not m or not m.group('key_id') or not m.group('secret_key'):
             raise ValueError('Cannot parse API key data')
@@ -125,7 +119,7 @@ args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
         zones = ["nixcon", "nixcon", "paris_meetup", "fosdem"]
         apply_garage_layout(node1,
         [
-          f'{ndata.node_id} -z {zones[index]} -c ${if ver == "0_8" then "1" else "1G"}'
+          f'{ndata.node_id} -z {zones[index]} -c 1G'
           for index, ndata in enumerate(node_ids.values())
         ])
         # Now Garage is operational.
@@ -133,6 +127,4 @@ args@{ mkNode, ver, ... }:
         for node in nodes:
            test_bucket_over_http(get_machine(node))
     '';
-  }
-))
-  args
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
index a33b3587185e..db5632e9d058 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/garage/default.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ let
         "k2v::poll::test_poll_item"
       ];
 
-      passthru.tests = nixosTests.garage;
+      passthru.tests = nixosTests."garage_${lib.versions.major version}";
 
       meta = {
         description = "S3-compatible object store for small self-hosted geo-distributed deployments";