diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index aaf1d0fc357b..d1105cca178e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ in {
   nfs4 = handleTest ./nfs { version = 4; };
   nghttpx = handleTest ./nghttpx.nix {};
   nginx = runTest ./nginx.nix;
-  nginx-auth = handleTest ./nginx-auth.nix {};
+  nginx-auth = runTest ./nginx-auth.nix;
   nginx-etag = handleTest ./nginx-etag.nix {};
   nginx-etag-compression = handleTest ./nginx-etag-compression.nix {};
   nginx-globalredirect = handleTest ./nginx-globalredirect.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nginx-auth.nix b/nixos/tests/nginx-auth.nix
index eb04b2571941..1042eee2e0ab 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nginx-auth.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nginx-auth.nix
@@ -1,54 +1,52 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix (
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-  {
-    name = "nginx-auth";
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "nginx-auth";
 
-    nodes = {
-      webserver =
-        { pkgs, lib, ... }:
-        {
-          services.nginx =
-            let
-              root = pkgs.runCommand "testdir" { } ''
-                mkdir "$out"
-                echo hello world > "$out/index.html"
-              '';
-            in
-            {
-              enable = true;
+  nodes = {
+    webserver =
+      { pkgs, lib, ... }:
+      {
+        services.nginx =
+          let
+            root = pkgs.runCommand "testdir" { } ''
+              mkdir "$out"
+              echo hello world > "$out/index.html"
+            '';
+          in
+          {
+            enable = true;
 
-              virtualHosts.lockedroot = {
-                inherit root;
-                basicAuth.alice = "pwofa";
-              };
+            virtualHosts.lockedroot = {
+              inherit root;
+              basicAuth.alice = "pwofa";
+            };
 
-              virtualHosts.lockedsubdir = {
-                inherit root;
-                locations."/sublocation/" = {
-                  alias = "${root}/";
-                  basicAuth.bob = "pwofb";
-                };
+            virtualHosts.lockedsubdir = {
+              inherit root;
+              locations."/sublocation/" = {
+                alias = "${root}/";
+                basicAuth.bob = "pwofb";
               };
             };
-        };
-    };
+          };
+      };
+  };
 
-    testScript = ''
-      webserver.wait_for_unit("nginx")
-      webserver.wait_for_open_port(80)
+  testScript = ''
+    webserver.wait_for_unit("nginx")
+    webserver.wait_for_open_port(80)
 
-      webserver.fail("curl --fail --resolve lockedroot:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedroot")
-      webserver.succeed(
-          "curl --fail --resolve lockedroot:80:127.0.0.1 http://alice:pwofa@lockedroot"
-      )
+    webserver.fail("curl --fail --resolve lockedroot:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedroot")
+    webserver.succeed(
+        "curl --fail --resolve lockedroot:80:127.0.0.1 http://alice:pwofa@lockedroot"
+    )
 
-      webserver.succeed("curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedsubdir")
-      webserver.fail(
-          "curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedsubdir/sublocation/index.html"
-      )
-      webserver.succeed(
-          "curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://bob:pwofb@lockedsubdir/sublocation/index.html"
-      )
-    '';
-  }
-)
+    webserver.succeed("curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedsubdir")
+    webserver.fail(
+        "curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://lockedsubdir/sublocation/index.html"
+    )
+    webserver.succeed(
+        "curl --fail --resolve lockedsubdir:80:127.0.0.1 http://bob:pwofb@lockedsubdir/sublocation/index.html"
+    )
+  '';
+}