diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fo/forgejo/generic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fo/forgejo/generic.nix
index 9893f9cb8bde..1db5124e8fd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fo/forgejo/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fo/forgejo/generic.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitea,
   buildNpmPackage,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     git
     openssh
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   patches = [
@@ -103,14 +105,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     export ldflags+=" -X main.ForgejoVersion=$(GITEA_VERSION=${version} make show-version-api)"
   '';
 
+  # expose and use the GO_TEST_PACKAGES var from the Makefile
+  # instead of manually copying over the entire list:
+  # https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/tag/v11.0.6/Makefile#L128
+  # https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/tag/v13.0.0/Makefile#L290
   preCheck = ''
-    # $HOME is required for ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and such
-    export HOME="$TMPDIR/home"
-
-    # expose and use the GO_TEST_PACKAGES var from the Makefile
-    # instead of manually copying over the entire list:
-    # https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/tag/v7.0.4/Makefile#L124
-    echo -e 'show-backend-tests:\n\t@echo ''${GO_TEST_PACKAGES}' >> Makefile
+    echo -e 'show-backend-tests:${lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast version "13") " | compute-go-test-packages"}\n\t@echo ''${GO_TEST_PACKAGES}' >> Makefile
     getGoDirs() {
       make show-backend-tests
     }