diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 213e018d75b2..aba68e183815 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -501,10 +501,10 @@ in
       final.nlua
       final.busted
       gitMinimal
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua --lpath='lua/?.lua' --lpath='lua/?/init.lua' tests/
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -696,10 +696,10 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -710,10 +710,10 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -741,11 +741,11 @@ in
       final.nlua
       final.busted
       neovim-unwrapped
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
 
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       export LUA_PATH="./lua/?.lua;./lua/?/init.lua;$LUA_PATH"
       nvim --headless -i NONE \
         --cmd "set rtp+=${vimPlugins.plenary-nvim}" \
@@ -760,10 +760,10 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -782,12 +782,12 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
 
     # upstream uses PlenaryBusted which is a pain to setup
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua --lpath='lua/?.lua' --lpath='lua/?/init.lua' tests/
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -807,13 +807,13 @@ in
       neovim-unwrapped
       coreutils
       findutils
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
 
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
       # remove failing tests, need internet access for instance
       rm tests/plenary/job_spec.lua tests/plenary/scandir_spec.lua tests/plenary/curl_spec.lua
-      export HOME="$TMPDIR"
       make test
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -982,10 +982,10 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -996,10 +996,10 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.nlua
       final.busted
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
     checkPhase = ''
       runHook preCheck
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
       busted --lua=nlua
       runHook postCheck
     '';
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ in
     nativeCheckInputs = [
       final.plenary-nvim
       neovim-unwrapped
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
     ];
 
     # the plugin loads the library from either the LIBSQLITE env
@@ -1021,8 +1022,6 @@ in
 
     # we override 'luarocks test' because otherwise neovim doesn't find/load the plenary plugin
     checkPhase = ''
-      export HOME="$TMPDIR";
-
       nvim --headless -i NONE \
         -u test/minimal_init.vim --cmd "set rtp+=${vimPlugins.plenary-nvim}" \
         -c "PlenaryBustedDirectory test/auto/ { sequential = true, minimal_init = './test/minimal_init.vim' }"
@@ -1093,9 +1092,9 @@ in
         tree-sitter
       ];
 
-    preInstall = ''
-      export HOME="$TMPDIR";
-    '';
+    nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs or [ ] ++ [
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+    ];
   });
 
   tree-sitter-norg = prev.tree-sitter-norg.overrideAttrs (oa: {
@@ -1123,10 +1122,9 @@ in
         lua.pkgs.luarocks-build-treesitter-parser
         tree-sitter
       ];
-
-    preInstall = ''
-      export HOME="$TMPDIR";
-    '';
+    nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs or [ ] ++ [
+      writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+    ];
   });
 
   vstruct = prev.vstruct.overrideAttrs (_: {