diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dev-shell-tools/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dev-shell-tools/tests/default.nix
index d78372b11ae0..fa52a20e8b89 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dev-shell-tools/tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dev-shell-tools/tests/default.nix
@@ -13,14 +13,23 @@ let
     concatLines
     escapeShellArg
     isString
+    mapAttrs
     mapAttrsToList
     ;
 in
 lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
 
-  nixos = lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
-    inherit (nixosTests) docker-tools-nix-shell;
-  };
+  nixos = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (
+    # This should have been a simple optioanlAttrs, but release.nix is very picky.
+    # > cannot find attribute `tests.devShellTools.nixos.docker-tools-nix-shell'
+    let
+      tests = {
+        inherit (nixosTests) docker-tools-nix-shell;
+      };
+    in
+    if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then tests else
+      mapAttrs (k: v: emptyFile) tests
+  );
 
   # nix-build -A tests.devShellTools.valueToString
   valueToString =