diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 99e80f0ec537..5bad50b737d0 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ in {
     _module.args.package = pkgs.zigbee2mqtt_2;
   };
   zipline = handleTest ./zipline.nix {};
-  zoneminder = handleTest ./zoneminder.nix {};
+  zoneminder = runTest ./zoneminder.nix;
   zookeeper = runTest ./zookeeper.nix;
   zram-generator = runTest ./zram-generator.nix;
   zrepl = runTest ./zrepl.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/zoneminder.nix b/nixos/tests/zoneminder.nix
index 7a32ff8bb8bb..da0484a6615b 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/zoneminder.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/zoneminder.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix (
-  { lib, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 
-  {
-    name = "zoneminder";
-    meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ danielfullmer ];
+{
+  name = "zoneminder";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ danielfullmer ];
 
-    nodes.machine =
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        services.zoneminder = {
-          enable = true;
-          database.createLocally = true;
-          database.username = "zoneminder";
-        };
-        time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      services.zoneminder = {
+        enable = true;
+        database.createLocally = true;
+        database.username = "zoneminder";
       };
+      time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
+    };
 
-    testScript = ''
-      machine.wait_for_unit("zoneminder.service")
-      machine.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
-      machine.wait_for_open_port(8095)
-      machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8095/")
-    '';
-  }
-)
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("zoneminder.service")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(8095)
+    machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8095/")
+  '';
+}