diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
index bcc620b3d62d..1c382f5a9d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   sqlite,
   lld,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
-  fetchpatch,
 
   # Test deps
   curl,
@@ -22,6 +21,9 @@
   git,
   python3,
   esbuild,
+
+  # self for passthru
+  deno,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -90,13 +92,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   # To avoid this we pre-download the file and export it via RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE
   env.RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE = librusty_v8;
 
-  # Many tests depend on prebuilt binaries being present at `./third_party/prebuilt`.
-  # We provide nixpkgs binaries for these for all platforms, but the test runner itself only handles
-  # these four arch+platform combinations.
-  doCheck =
-    stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
-    || (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64));
-
+  # Don't run checks on hydra as they've been observed to be flakey for us and
+  # other distros CI: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/blob/bec8b026686323b496365b825ad14fdf4473adf2/community/deno/APKBUILD#L79
+  # We haven't reproduced it on local machines, could be related to doing other
+  # builds simultaneously.
+  # A build with tests (+ librusty_v8 tests) is included in `deno.passhtru.tests`
+  doCheck = false;
+  # check related config is left in the main package so if someone uses
+  # `overrideAttrs` to always build with tests, it'll all work.
   preCheck =
     # Provide esbuild binary at `./third_party/prebuilt/` just like upstream:
     # https://github.com/denoland/deno_third_party/tree/master/prebuilt
@@ -243,7 +246,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = ./update.sh;
-    tests = callPackage ./tests { };
+    tests = (callPackage ./tests { }) // {
+      build-with-unit-tests = deno.overrideAttrs (fa: {
+        # The tools test suite requires building the test server
+        dontBuild = false;
+        # Many tests depend on prebuilt binaries being present at `./third_party/prebuilt`.
+        # We provide nixpkgs binaries for these for all platforms, but the test runner itself only handles
+        # these four arch+platform combinations.
+        doCheck =
+          stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+          || (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64));
+      });
+      # Also include librusty_v8 tests
+      librusty_v8-tests = librusty_v8.passthru.tests;
+    };
     inherit librusty_v8;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/rusty-v8/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/rusty-v8/default.nix
index 725ecebed0b3..2db5c12778ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/rusty-v8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/rusty-v8/default.nix
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "fortify3"
   ];
 
+  # Don't run checks on hydra as they've been observed to be flakey for us and
+  # other distros CI: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/blob/bec8b026686323b496365b825ad14fdf4473adf2/community/deno/APKBUILD#L79
+  # We haven't reproduced it on local machines, could be related to doing other
+  # builds simultaneously.
+  # A build with tests is included as part of `deno.passhtru.tests` via `librusty_v8.passthru.tests`
+  doCheck = false;
+  # Check related config is left in the main package so if someone uses
+  # `overrideAttrs` to always build with tests, it'll all work.
   checkFlags = [
     # These tests probably fail due to a more recent rustc version (upstream: 1.89.0, here: 1.93.0)
     "--skip=ui"
@@ -167,6 +175,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      build-with-unit-tests = deno.passthru.librusty_v8.overrideAttrs (fa: {
+        doCheck = true;
+      });
+    };
+  };
+
   requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
 
   meta = {