diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/testers/shellcheck/tests.nix b/pkgs/build-support/testers/shellcheck/tests.nix
index 02044aea0f9c..bffe774bc1d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/testers/shellcheck/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/testers/shellcheck/tests.nix
@@ -4,41 +4,33 @@
 {
   lib,
   testers,
-  runCommand,
 }:
 lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
-
-  example-dir =
-    runCommand "test-testers-shellcheck-example-dir"
-      {
-        failure = testers.testBuildFailure (
-          testers.shellcheck {
-            name = "shellcheck-example-dir";
-            src = ./src;
-          }
-        );
-      }
+  example-dir = testers.testBuildFailure' {
+    drv = testers.shellcheck {
+      name = "example-dir";
+      src = ./src;
+    };
+    expectedBuilderExitCode = 123;
+    expectedBuilderLogEntries = [
       ''
-        log="$failure/testBuildFailure.log"
-        echo "Checking $log"
-        grep SC2068 "$log"
-        touch $out
-      '';
-
-  example-file =
-    runCommand "test-testers-shellcheck-example-file"
-      {
-        failure = testers.testBuildFailure (
-          testers.shellcheck {
-            name = "shellcheck-example-file";
-            src = ./src/example.sh;
-          }
-        );
-      }
+        echo $@
+             ^-- SC2068 (error): Double quote array expansions to avoid re-splitting elements.
       ''
-        log="$failure/testBuildFailure.log"
-        echo "Checking $log"
-        grep SC2068 "$log"
-        touch $out
-      '';
+    ];
+  };
+
+  example-file = testers.testBuildFailure' {
+    drv = testers.shellcheck {
+      name = "example-file";
+      src = ./src/example.sh;
+    };
+    expectedBuilderExitCode = 123;
+    expectedBuilderLogEntries = [
+      ''
+        echo $@
+             ^-- SC2068 (error): Double quote array expansions to avoid re-splitting elements.
+      ''
+    ];
+  };
 }