diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-installed.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-installed.nix
index 606a0d166136..5ef1cde8ae31 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-installed.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-installed.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,49 @@
 {
+  _cuda,
+  backendStdenv,
   cudaNamePrefix,
-  cudaPackages,
   lib,
   linkFarm,
+  tests,
 }:
-linkFarm "${cudaNamePrefix}-redists-installed" (
-  lib.concatMapAttrs (
-    name: attr:
-    lib.optionalAttrs (attr ? passthru.redistName && attr.meta.available or false) (
-      lib.genAttrs' attr.outputs (output: {
-        name = "${name}-${output}";
-        value = attr.${output};
-      })
-    )
-  ) cudaPackages
+# NOTE: Because Nixpkgs, by default, allows aliases, this derivation may contain multiple entries for a single redistributable.
+let
+  # redists-unpacked has already found all the names of the redistributables
+  availableRedistsForPlatform = lib.filterAttrs (
+    _: value: value.meta.available or false
+  ) tests.redists-unpacked.passthru.redistsForPlatform;
+
+  mkOutputs =
+    name: drv:
+    lib.genAttrs' drv.outputs (output: {
+      name = "${name}-${output}";
+      value = drv.${output};
+    });
+
+  linkedWithoutLicenses = linkFarm "${cudaNamePrefix}-redists-installed" (
+    lib.concatMapAttrs mkOutputs availableRedistsForPlatform
+  );
+in
+linkedWithoutLicenses.overrideAttrs (
+  finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
+    passthru = prevAttrs.passthru or { } // {
+      inherit availableRedistsForPlatform;
+
+      brokenAssertions = prevAttrs.passthru.brokenAssertions or [ ] ++ [
+        {
+          message = "No redists are available for the current platform (${backendStdenv.hostNixSystem}); ensure proper licenses are allowed";
+          assertion = availableRedistsForPlatform != { };
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+
+    meta = prevAttrs.meta or { } // {
+      broken = _cuda.lib._mkMetaBroken finalAttrs;
+      license = lib.unique (
+        lib.concatMap (drv: lib.toList (drv.meta.license or [ ])) (
+          lib.attrValues availableRedistsForPlatform
+        )
+      );
+    };
+  }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-unpacked.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-unpacked.nix
index f822210b5889..cbc0e49de360 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-unpacked.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/tests/redists-unpacked.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,24 @@
   lib,
   linkFarm,
 }:
-linkFarm "${cudaNamePrefix}-redists-unpacked" (
-  lib.concatMapAttrs (
-    name: attr:
-    lib.optionalAttrs (attr ? passthru.redistName && attr.src or null != null) {
-      ${name} = attr.src;
-    }
-  ) cudaPackages
-)
+# NOTE: Because Nixpkgs, by default, allows aliases, this derivation may contain multiple entries for a single redistributable.
+let
+  redistsForPlatform = lib.filterAttrs (
+    _: value: value ? passthru.redistName && value.src or null != null
+  ) cudaPackages;
+
+  linkedWithoutLicenses = linkFarm "${cudaNamePrefix}-redists-unpacked" (
+    lib.mapAttrs (_: drv: drv.src) redistsForPlatform
+  );
+in
+linkedWithoutLicenses.overrideAttrs (prevAttrs: {
+  passthru = prevAttrs.passthru or { } // {
+    inherit redistsForPlatform;
+  };
+
+  meta = prevAttrs.meta or { } // {
+    license = lib.unique (
+      lib.concatMap (drv: lib.toList (drv.meta.license or [ ])) (lib.attrValues redistsForPlatform)
+    );
+  };
+})