diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvs/default.nix
index de972e4392a2..2832a52e5dc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openmvs/default.nix
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    ctest
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Open Multi-View Stereo reconstruction library";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib2geom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib2geom/package.nix
index 437c79c94500..db3331621e28 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib2geom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib2geom/package.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   cairo,
   double-conversion,
   gtest,
+  ctestCheckHook,
   lib,
   inkscape,
   pkgsCross,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     gtest
+    ctestCheckHook
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -56,41 +58,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
+  dontUseNinjaCheck = true;
+  disabledTests =
+    lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+      # Fails due to rounding differences
+      # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/70
+      "circle-test"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "x86_64-linux") [
+      # Broken on all platforms, test just accidentally passes on some.
+      # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/63
+      "elliptical-arc-test"
 
-  # TODO: Update cmake hook to make it simpler to selectively disable cmake tests: #113829
-  checkPhase =
-    let
-      disabledTests =
-        lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
-          # Fails due to rounding differences
-          # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/70
-          "circle-test"
-        ]
-        ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "x86_64-linux") [
-          # Broken on all platforms, test just accidentally passes on some.
-          # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/63
-          "elliptical-arc-test"
+      # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/69
+      "polynomial-test"
 
-          # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/69
-          "polynomial-test"
+      # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/75
+      "line-test"
 
-          # https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/75
-          "line-test"
+      # Failure observed on i686
+      "angle-test"
+      "self-intersections-test"
 
-          # Failure observed on i686
-          "angle-test"
-          "self-intersections-test"
-
-          # Failure observed on aarch64-darwin
-          "bezier-test"
-          "ellipse-test"
-        ];
-    in
-    ''
-      runHook preCheck
-      ctest --output-on-failure -E '^${lib.concatStringsSep "|" disabledTests}$'
-      runHook postCheck
-    '';
+      # Failure observed on aarch64-darwin
+      "bezier-test"
+      "ellipse-test"
+    ];
 
   passthru = {
     tests = {
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;