diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/package.nix
index 4e5a2f2b24b9..64cca8384587 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/package.nix
@@ -13,26 +13,23 @@
   libgit2,
   withDefaultFeatures ? true,
   additionalFeatures ? (p: p),
-  testers,
-  nushell,
   nix-update-script,
   curlMinimal,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
-let
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nushell";
   # NOTE: when updating this to a new non-patch version, please also try to
   # update the plugins. Plugins only work if they are compiled for the same
   # major/minor version.
   version = "0.110.0";
-in
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-  pname = "nushell";
-  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nushell";
     repo = "nushell";
-    tag = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-iytTJZ70kg2Huwj/BSwDX4h9DVDTlJR2gEHAB2pGn/k=";
   };
 
@@ -61,37 +58,47 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     export NU_TEST_LOCALE_OVERRIDE="en_US.UTF-8"
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    (
+  checkPhase =
+    let
       # The skipped tests all fail in the sandbox because in the nushell test playground,
       # the tmp $HOME is not set, so nu falls back to looking up the passwd dir of the build
       # user (/var/empty). The assertions however do respect the set $HOME.
-      set -x
-      HOME=$(mktemp -d) cargo test -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES --offline -- \
-        --test-threads=$NIX_BUILD_CORES \
-        --skip=repl::test_config_path::test_default_config_path \
-        --skip=repl::test_config_path::test_xdg_config_bad \
-        --skip=repl::test_config_path::test_xdg_config_empty ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-          \
-                  --skip=plugins::config::some \
-                  --skip=plugins::stress_internals::test_exit_early_local_socket \
-                  --skip=plugins::stress_internals::test_failing_local_socket_fallback \
-                  --skip=plugins::stress_internals::test_local_socket
-        ''}
-    )
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
+      skippedTests = [
+        "repl::test_config_path::test_default_config_path"
+        "repl::test_config_path::test_xdg_config_bad"
+        "repl::test_config_path::test_xdg_config_empty"
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+        "plugins::config::some"
+        "plugins::stress_internals::test_exit_early_local_socket"
+        "plugins::stress_internals::test_failing_local_socket_fallback"
+        "plugins::stress_internals::test_local_socket"
 
+        # Error:   × I/O error: Operation not permitted (os error 1)
+        "shell::environment::env::path_is_a_list_in_repl"
+      ];
+
+      skippedTestsStr = lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.map (testId: "--skip=${testId}") skippedTests);
+    in
+    ''
+      runHook preCheck
+
+      cargo test -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES --offline -- \
+        --test-threads=$NIX_BUILD_CORES ${skippedTestsStr}
+
+      runHook postCheck
+    '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
   checkInputs =
     lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ curlMinimal ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ openssl ];
 
   passthru = {
     shellPath = "/bin/nu";
-    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-      package = nushell;
-    };
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };
 
@@ -106,4 +113,4 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     ];
     mainProgram = "nu";
   };
-}
+})