diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/common.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/common.nix
index 32299b402c20..60b090c1f2f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/common.nix
@@ -141,18 +141,11 @@ let
         fi
       '';
 
-    doInstallCheck = true;
-    installCheckPhase = ''
-      echo "Checking 'java -version' output contains ${dist.jdkVersion}, 'OpenJDK', and 'Zulu'"
-      output=`$out/bin/java -version 2>&1`
-      # Our Zulu 23 package is a special case (and should be deleted as it is End-of-Life)
-      expected_version=$(if [[ "${dist.jdkVersion}" == 23* ]]; then echo 23; else echo "${dist.jdkVersion}"; fi)
-      echo "Output is: $output"
-      echo "$output" | grep -q "$expected_version"
-      echo "$output" | grep -q "OpenJDK"
-      echo "$output" | grep -q "Zulu"
-    '';
-
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = jdk;
+    command = "java -version";
+    version = ''openjdk version "${if lib.versions.major version == "23" then "23" else version}"'';
+  };
     preFixup =
       ''
         # Propagate the setJavaClassPath setup hook from the ${if isJdk8 then "JRE" else "JDK"} so that