diff --git a/nixos/tests/postgresql/default.nix b/nixos/tests/postgresql/default.nix
index 8dd0619570cc..f7266c2e9db2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/postgresql/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/postgresql/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,5 @@ in
   # extensions
   anonymizer = importWithArgs ./anonymizer.nix;
   pgjwt = importWithArgs ./pgjwt.nix;
-  pgvecto-rs = importWithArgs ./pgvecto-rs.nix;
   wal2json = importWithArgs ./wal2json.nix;
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/postgresql/pgvecto-rs.nix b/nixos/tests/postgresql/pgvecto-rs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 506ef921acb7..000000000000
--- a/nixos/tests/postgresql/pgvecto-rs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  makeTest,
-  genTests,
-}:
-
-let
-  inherit (pkgs) lib;
-
-  # Test cases from https://docs.vectorchord.ai/use-case/hybrid-search.html
-  test-sql = pkgs.writeText "postgresql-test" ''
-    CREATE EXTENSION vectors;
-
-    CREATE TABLE items (
-      id bigserial PRIMARY KEY,
-      content text NOT NULL,
-      embedding vectors.vector(3) NOT NULL -- 3 dimensions
-    );
-
-    INSERT INTO items (content, embedding) VALUES
-      ('a fat cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat', '[1, 2, 3]'),
-      ('a fat dog sat on a mat and ate a fat rat', '[4, 5, 6]'),
-      ('a thin cat sat on a mat and ate a thin rat', '[7, 8, 9]'),
-      ('a thin dog sat on a mat and ate a thin rat', '[10, 11, 12]');
-  '';
-
-  makeTestFor =
-    package:
-    makeTest {
-      name = "pgvecto-rs-${package.name}";
-      meta = with lib.maintainers; {
-        maintainers = [ diogotcorreia ];
-      };
-
-      nodes.machine =
-        { ... }:
-        {
-          services.postgresql = {
-            inherit package;
-            enable = true;
-            enableJIT = lib.hasInfix "-jit-" package.name;
-            extensions =
-              ps: with ps; [
-                pgvecto-rs
-              ];
-            settings.shared_preload_libraries = "vectors";
-          };
-        };
-
-      testScript =
-        { nodes, ... }:
-        let
-          inherit (nodes.machine.services.postgresql.package.pkgs) pgvecto-rs;
-        in
-        ''
-          def check_count(statement, lines):
-              return 'test $(sudo -u postgres psql postgres -tAc "{}"|wc -l) -eq {}'.format(
-                  statement, lines
-              )
-
-
-          machine.start()
-          machine.wait_for_unit("postgresql")
-
-          with subtest("Postgresql with extension vectors is available just after unit start"):
-              machine.succeed(check_count("SELECT * FROM pg_available_extensions WHERE name = 'vectors' AND default_version = '${pgvecto-rs.version}';", 1))
-
-          machine.succeed("sudo -u postgres psql -f ${test-sql}")
-
-          machine.succeed(check_count("SELECT content, embedding FROM items WHERE to_tsvector('english', content) @@ 'cat & rat'::tsquery;", 2))
-
-          machine.shutdown()
-        '';
-    };
-in
-genTests {
-  inherit makeTestFor;
-  filter = _: p: !p.pkgs.pgvecto-rs.meta.broken;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pgvecto-rs/package.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pgvecto-rs/package.nix
index 1f0b4046fcd5..3f5be0b2e4a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pgvecto-rs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pgvecto-rs/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   openssl,
   pkg-config,
   postgresql,
+  postgresqlTestExtension,
   replaceVars,
   rustPlatform,
 }:
@@ -80,7 +81,39 @@ in
 
     passthru = {
       updateScript = nix-update-script { };
-      tests = nixosTests.postgresql.pgvecto-rs.passthru.override postgresql;
+      tests.extension = postgresqlTestExtension {
+        inherit (finalAttrs) finalPackage;
+        postgresqlExtraSettings = ''
+          shared_preload_libraries='vectors'
+        '';
+        sql = ''
+          CREATE EXTENSION vectors;
+
+          CREATE TABLE items (
+            id bigserial PRIMARY KEY,
+            content text NOT NULL,
+            embedding vectors.vector(3) NOT NULL -- 3 dimensions
+          );
+
+          INSERT INTO items (content, embedding) VALUES
+            ('a fat cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat', '[1, 2, 3]'),
+            ('a fat dog sat on a mat and ate a fat rat', '[4, 5, 6]'),
+            ('a thin cat sat on a mat and ate a thin rat', '[7, 8, 9]'),
+            ('a thin dog sat on a mat and ate a thin rat', '[10, 11, 12]');
+        '';
+        asserts = [
+          {
+            query = "SELECT default_version FROM pg_available_extensions WHERE name = 'vectors'";
+            expected = "'${finalAttrs.version}'";
+            description = "Extension vectors has correct version.";
+          }
+          {
+            query = "SELECT COUNT(embedding) FROM items WHERE to_tsvector('english', content) @@ 'cat & rat'::tsquery";
+            expected = "2";
+            description = "Stores and returns vectors.";
+          }
+        ];
+      };
     };
 
     meta = {