diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
index 1c382f5a9d9e..e9ad32459b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   protobuf,
   installShellFiles,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
+  versionCheckHook,
   librusty_v8 ? callPackage ./rusty-v8 { },
   libffi,
   sqlite,
@@ -237,12 +238,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   doInstallCheck = canExecute;
-  installCheckPhase = lib.optionalString canExecute ''
-    runHook preInstallCheck
-    $out/bin/deno --help
-    $out/bin/deno --version | grep "deno ${finalAttrs.version}"
-    runHook postInstallCheck
-  '';
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = ./update.sh;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/tests/default.nix
index c28490ee0d00..1cd80b77a389 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/tests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deno/tests/default.nix
@@ -71,9 +71,3 @@ in
     dir = ./read-file;
   };
 })
-// {
-  version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = deno;
-    command = "deno --version";
-  };
-}