diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 0df443dd204c..e0d782bcaec3 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let
   # Run the tests for each platform.  You can run a test by doing
   # e.g. ‘nix-build -A tests.login.x86_64-linux’, or equivalently,
   # ‘nix-build tests/login.nix -A result’.
+  # See also nixosTests in pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
   allTestsForSystem = system:
     import ./tests/all-tests.nix {
       inherit system;
@@ -24,7 +25,19 @@ let
       callTest = t: {
         ${system} = hydraJob t.test;
       };
+    } // {
+      # for typechecking of the scripts and evaluation of
+      # the nodes, without running VMs.
+      allDrivers =
+        import ./tests/all-tests.nix {
+        inherit system;
+        pkgs = import ./.. { inherit system; };
+        callTest = t: {
+          ${system} = hydraJob t.test.driver;
+        };
+      };
     };
+
   allTests =
     foldAttrs recursiveUpdate {} (map allTestsForSystem supportedSystems);
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 5ef2a8a82804..0f75548ff6fd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -27,21 +27,7 @@ let
   };
   evalMinimalConfig = module: nixosLib.evalModules { modules = [ module ]; };
 
-  allDrivers = getDrivers tests;
-
-  getDrivers = ts:
-    if isDerivation ts
-    then ts.driver or null
-    else if isAttrs ts
-    then recurseIntoAttrs (mapAttrs (k: getDrivers) ts)
-    else null;
-
-  tests = {
-
-  # for typechecking of the scripts and evaluation of
-  # the nodes, without running VMs.
-  inherit allDrivers;
-
+in {
   _3proxy = handleTest ./3proxy.nix {};
   acme = handleTest ./acme.nix {};
   adguardhome = handleTest ./adguardhome.nix {};
@@ -634,5 +620,4 @@ let
   zookeeper = handleTest ./zookeeper.nix {};
   zrepl = handleTest ./zrepl.nix {};
   zsh-history = handleTest ./zsh-history.nix {};
-};
-in tests
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e2077b403efa..1c3dd879b5fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -133,10 +133,19 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### Push NixOS tests inside the fixed point
 
+  # See also allTestsForSystem in nixos/release.nix
   nixosTests = import ../../nixos/tests/all-tests.nix {
     inherit pkgs;
     system = stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
     callTest = t: t.test;
+  } // {
+    # for typechecking of the scripts and evaluation of
+    # the nodes, without running VMs.
+    allDrivers = import ../../nixos/tests/all-tests.nix {
+      inherit pkgs;
+      system = stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
+      callTest = t: t.test.driver;
+    };
   };
 
   ### BUILD SUPPORT