diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 473cfb4c3062..b903c446a6a0 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ in {
   mollysocket = handleTest ./mollysocket.nix { };
   monado = handleTest ./monado.nix {};
   monetdb = handleTest ./monetdb.nix {};
-  monica = handleTest ./web-apps/monica.nix {};
+  monica = runTest ./web-apps/monica.nix;
   mongodb = runTest ./mongodb.nix;
   mongodb-ce = runTest ({ config, ... }: {
     imports = [ ./mongodb.nix ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/web-apps/monica.nix b/nixos/tests/web-apps/monica.nix
index bb770828d5f7..9b1995d393d3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/web-apps/monica.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/web-apps/monica.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,35 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  let
-    cert = pkgs.runCommand "selfSignedCerts" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ]; } ''
-      openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -nodes -subj '/CN=localhost' -days 36500
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp key.pem cert.pem $out
-    '';
-  in
-  {
-    name = "monica";
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cert = pkgs.runCommand "selfSignedCerts" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ]; } ''
+    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -nodes -subj '/CN=localhost' -days 36500
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp key.pem cert.pem $out
+  '';
+in
+{
+  name = "monica";
 
-    nodes = {
-      machine =
-        { pkgs, ... }:
-        {
-          services.monica = {
-            enable = true;
-            hostname = "localhost";
-            appKeyFile = "${pkgs.writeText "keyfile" "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"}";
-            nginx = {
-              forceSSL = true;
-              sslCertificate = "${cert}/cert.pem";
-              sslCertificateKey = "${cert}/key.pem";
-            };
+  nodes = {
+    machine =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        services.monica = {
+          enable = true;
+          hostname = "localhost";
+          appKeyFile = "${pkgs.writeText "keyfile" "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"}";
+          nginx = {
+            forceSSL = true;
+            sslCertificate = "${cert}/cert.pem";
+            sslCertificateKey = "${cert}/key.pem";
           };
         };
-    };
+      };
+  };
 
-    testScript = ''
-      start_all()
-      machine.wait_for_unit("monica-setup.service")
-      machine.wait_for_open_port(443)
-      machine.succeed("curl -k --fail https://localhost", timeout=10)
-    '';
-  }
-)
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("monica-setup.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(443)
+    machine.succeed("curl -k --fail https://localhost", timeout=10)
+  '';
+}