diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index 663c35335df2..cecf9e8fbe33 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ in
     # so it will fail unless buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform.
     # Unfortunately `bootstrapTools` also clobbers its own `system`
     # attribute, so there is no way to detect this -- we must add it
-    # as a special case.
-    (builtins.removeAttrs tools ["bootstrapTools"]);
+    # as a special case.  We filter the "test" attribute (only from
+     # *cross*-built bootstrapTools) for the same reason.
+    (builtins.mapAttrs (_: v: builtins.removeAttrs v ["bootstrapTools" "test"]) tools);
 
   # Cross-built nixStatic for platforms for enabled-but-unsupported platforms
   mips64el-nixCrossStatic = mapTestOnCross lib.systems.examples.mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 nixCrossStatic;