diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkcal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkcal/package.nix
index 22f115c3a5b7..5dab56aada40 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkcal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkcal/package.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   perl,
   pkg-config,
   tzdata,
+  ctestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     tzdata
+    ctestCheckHook
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -69,25 +71,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTS" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
     (lib.cmakeBool "INSTALL_TESTS" false)
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_DOCUMENTATION" true)
-    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS" (
-      lib.concatStringsSep ";" [
-        # Exclude tests
-        "-E"
-        (lib.strings.escapeShellArg "(${
-          lib.concatStringsSep "|" [
-            # Test expects to be passed a real, already existing database to test migrations. We don't have one
-            "tst_perf"
-
-            # 10/97 tests fail. Half seem related to time (zone) issues w/ local time / Helsinki timezone
-            # Other half are x-1/x on lists of alarms/events
-            "tst_storage"
-          ]
-        })")
-      ]
-    ))
   ];
 
   doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Test expects to be passed a real, already existing database to test migrations. We don't have one
+    "tst_perf"
+
+    # 10/97 tests fail. Half seem related to time (zone) issues w/ local time / Helsinki timezone
+    # Other half are x-1/x on lists of alarms/events
+    "tst_storage"
+  ];
 
   # Parallelism breaks tests
   enableParallelChecking = false;