diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 05b83af64526..091f1462ad17 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ in {
   ydotool = handleTest ./ydotool.nix {};
   yggdrasil = handleTest ./yggdrasil.nix {};
   your_spotify = handleTest ./your_spotify.nix {};
-  zammad = handleTest ./zammad.nix {};
+  zammad = runTest ./zammad.nix;
   zenohd = runTest ./zenohd.nix;
   zeronet-conservancy = runTest ./zeronet-conservancy.nix;
   zfs = handleTest ./zfs.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/zammad.nix b/nixos/tests/zammad.nix
index cbdd94485e90..d5b668e1e878 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/zammad.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/zammad.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,38 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix (
-  { lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
-  {
-    name = "zammad";
+{
+  name = "zammad";
 
-    meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      taeer
-      netali
-    ];
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+    taeer
+    netali
+  ];
 
-    nodes.machine =
-      { config, ... }:
-      {
-        virtualisation = {
-          memorySize = 2048;
-        };
+  nodes.machine = {
+    virtualisation = {
+      memorySize = 2048;
+    };
 
-        services.zammad.enable = true;
-        services.zammad.secretKeyBaseFile = pkgs.writeText "secret" ''
-          52882ef142066e09ab99ce816ba72522e789505caba224a52d750ec7dc872c2c371b2fd19f16b25dfbdd435a4dd46cb3df9f82eb63fafad715056bdfe25740d6
-        '';
-      };
-
-    testScript = ''
-      start_all()
-      machine.wait_for_unit("postgresql.service")
-      machine.wait_for_unit("redis-zammad.service")
-      machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-web.service")
-      machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-websocket.service")
-      machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-worker.service")
-      # wait for zammad to fully come up
-      machine.sleep(120)
-
-      # without the grep the command does not produce valid utf-8 for some reason
-      with subtest("welcome screen loads"):
-          machine.succeed(
-              "curl -sSfL http://localhost:3000/ | grep '<title>Zammad Helpdesk</title>'"
-          )
+    services.zammad.enable = true;
+    services.zammad.secretKeyBaseFile = pkgs.writeText "secret" ''
+      52882ef142066e09ab99ce816ba72522e789505caba224a52d750ec7dc872c2c371b2fd19f16b25dfbdd435a4dd46cb3df9f82eb63fafad715056bdfe25740d6
     '';
-  }
-)
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("postgresql.service")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("redis-zammad.service")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-web.service")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-websocket.service")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("zammad-worker.service")
+    # wait for zammad to fully come up
+    machine.sleep(120)
+
+    # without the grep the command does not produce valid utf-8 for some reason
+    with subtest("welcome screen loads"):
+        machine.succeed(
+            "curl -sSfL http://localhost:3000/ | grep '<title>Zammad Helpdesk</title>'"
+        )
+  '';
+}