diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 86e33ce5b3d6..cb712b8e2aa6 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ in {
   xrdp-with-audio-pulseaudio = handleTest ./xrdp-with-audio-pulseaudio.nix {};
   xscreensaver = handleTest ./xscreensaver.nix {};
   xss-lock = handleTest ./xss-lock.nix {};
-  xterm = handleTest ./xterm.nix {};
+  xterm = runTest ./xterm.nix;
   xxh = runTest ./xxh.nix;
   yabar = runTest ./yabar.nix;
   ydotool = handleTest ./ydotool.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/xterm.nix b/nixos/tests/xterm.nix
index 52a7b431a44e..caf1780d1565 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/xterm.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/xterm.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  {
-    name = "xterm";
-    meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-      maintainers = [ nequissimus ];
-    };
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "xterm";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ nequissimus ];
+  };
 
-    nodes.machine =
-      { pkgs, ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [ ./common/x11.nix ];
-        services.xserver.desktopManager.xterm.enable = false;
-      };
+  nodes.machine = {
+    imports = [ ./common/x11.nix ];
+    services.xserver.desktopManager.xterm.enable = false;
+  };
 
-    testScript = ''
-      machine.wait_for_x()
-      machine.succeed("DISPLAY=:0 xterm -title testterm -class testterm -fullscreen >&2 &")
-      machine.sleep(2)
-      machine.send_chars("echo $XTERM_VERSION >> /tmp/xterm_version\n")
-      machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/xterm_version")
-      assert "${pkgs.xterm.version}" in machine.succeed("cat /tmp/xterm_version")
-      machine.screenshot("window")
-    '';
-  }
-)
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_x()
+    machine.succeed("DISPLAY=:0 xterm -title testterm -class testterm -fullscreen >&2 &")
+    machine.sleep(2)
+    machine.send_chars("echo $XTERM_VERSION >> /tmp/xterm_version\n")
+    machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/xterm_version")
+    assert "${pkgs.xterm.version}" in machine.succeed("cat /tmp/xterm_version")
+    machine.screenshot("window")
+  '';
+}