diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/hook.sh
index cd417493e6c2..88a046b552ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/hook.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 _handleCmdOutput(){
     local versionOutput
-    versionOutput="$(env --chdir=/ --argv0="$(basename "$1")" --ignore-environment "$@" 2>&1 || true)"
+    versionOutput="$(env \
+        --chdir=/ \
+        --argv0="$(basename "$1")" \
+        --ignore-environment \
+        "$@" 2>&1 \
+        | sed -e 's|@storeDir@/[^/ ]*/|{{storeDir}}/|g' \
+        || true)"
     if [[ "$versionOutput" =~ "$version" ]]; then
         echoPrefix="Successfully managed to"
     else
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/package.nix
index ed35384d7960..d5039db3f219 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/versionCheckHook/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 makeSetupHook {
   name = "version-check-hook";
+  substitutions = {
+    storeDir = builtins.storeDir;
+  };
   meta = {
     description = "Lookup for $version in the output of --help and --version";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/c3c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/c3c/default.nix
index 6187b75cc874..7b9b2086b39f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/c3c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/c3c/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   libxml2,
   libffi,
   xar,
-  testers,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests = {
-    version = testers.testVersion { package = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
-  };
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Compiler for the C3 language";