diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1b87b48a5..c0076e687 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@
         (pkgsFor.${system})
         # hyprland-packages
         hyprland
+        hyprland-with-hyprtester
         hyprland-unwrapped
-        hyprtester
         # hyprland-extras
         xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
         ;
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index a9d5c2d67..275727860 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   commit,
   revCount,
   date,
+  withHyprtester ? false,
   # deprecated flags
   enableNvidiaPatches ? false,
   nvidiaPatches ? false,
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ in
           fs.intersection
           # allows non-flake builds to only include files tracked by git
           (fs.gitTracked ../.)
-          (fs.unions [
+          (fs.unions (flatten [
             ../assets/hyprland-portals.conf
             ../assets/install
             ../hyprctl
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ in
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "conf" || file.hasExt "desktop") ../example)
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "sh") ../scripts)
             (fs.fileFilter (file: file.name == "CMakeLists.txt") ../.)
-          ]);
+            (optional withHyprtester ../hyprtester)
+          ]));
       };
 
       postPatch = ''
@@ -185,8 +187,15 @@ in
         "NO_UWSM" = true;
         "NO_HYPRPM" = true;
         "TRACY_ENABLE" = false;
+        "BUILD_HYPRTESTER" = withHyprtester;
       };
 
+      preConfigure = ''
+        substituteInPlace hyprtester/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+          "\''${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" \
+          "${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+      '';
+
       postInstall = ''
         ${optionalString wrapRuntimeDeps ''
           wrapProgram $out/bin/Hyprland \
@@ -197,6 +206,9 @@ in
             pkgconf
           ]}
         ''}
+      '' + optionalString withHyprtester ''
+        install hyprtester/pointer-warp -t $out/bin
+        install hyprtester/pointer-scroll -t $out/bin
       '';
 
       passthru.providedSessions = ["hyprland"];
diff --git a/nix/hyprtester.nix b/nix/hyprtester.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e8d28776..000000000
--- a/nix/hyprtester.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  stdenvAdapters,
-  cmake,
-  pkg-config,
-  hyprland,
-  hyprwayland-scanner,
-  version ? "git",
-}: let
-  inherit (lib.lists) flatten foldl';
-  inherit (lib.sources) cleanSourceWith cleanSource;
-  inherit (lib.strings) hasSuffix cmakeBool;
-
-  adapters = flatten [
-    stdenvAdapters.useMoldLinker
-    stdenvAdapters.keepDebugInfo
-  ];
-
-  customStdenv = foldl' (acc: adapter: adapter acc) stdenv adapters;
-in
-  customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-    pname = "hyprtester";
-    inherit version;
-
-    src = cleanSourceWith {
-      filter = name: _type: let
-        baseName = baseNameOf (toString name);
-      in
-        ! (hasSuffix ".nix" baseName);
-      src = cleanSource ../.;
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      cmake
-      pkg-config
-      hyprwayland-scanner
-    ];
-
-    buildInputs = hyprland.buildInputs;
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      substituteInPlace hyprtester/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
-        "\''${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" \
-        "${placeholder "out"}/bin"
-
-      cmake -S . -B .
-      cmake --build . --target generate-protocol-headers -j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf NPROCESSORS_CONF`
-
-      cd hyprtester
-    '';
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      install pointer-warp -t $out/bin
-      install pointer-scroll -t $out/bin
-    '';
-
-    cmakeBuildType = "Debug";
-
-    cmakeFlags = [(cmakeBool "TESTS" true)];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland";
-      description = "Hyprland testing framework";
-      license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = hyprland.meta.platforms;
-      mainProgram = "hyprtester";
-    };
-  })
diff --git a/nix/overlays.nix b/nix/overlays.nix
index d67230d9c..8dcd35fd5 100644
--- a/nix/overlays.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays.nix
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ in {
       };
       hyprland-unwrapped = final.hyprland.override {wrapRuntimeDeps = false;};
 
-      hyprtester = final.callPackage ./hyprtester.nix {
-        inherit version;
-      };
+      hyprland-with-hyprtester = final.hyprland.override {withHyprtester = true;};
 
       # deprecated packages
       hyprland-legacy-renderer =
diff --git a/nix/tests/default.nix b/nix/tests/default.nix
index 5ef0eac8e..d7c000617 100644
--- a/nix/tests/default.nix
+++ b/nix/tests/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 inputs: pkgs: let
   flake = inputs.self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system};
-  hyprland = flake.hyprland;
+  hyprland = flake.hyprland-with-hyprtester;
 in {
   tests = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
     name = "hyprland-tests";
 
     nodes.machine = {pkgs, ...}: {
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-        flake.hyprtester
-
         # Programs needed for tests
         jq
         kitty
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       # Test configuration
-      environment.etc."test.conf".source = "${flake.hyprtester}/share/hypr/test.conf";
+      environment.etc."test.conf".source = "${hyprland}/share/hypr/test.conf";
 
       # Disable portals
       xdg.portal.enable = pkgs.lib.mkForce false;
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ in {
 
       # Run hyprtester testing framework/suite
       print("Running hyprtester")
-      exit_status, _out = machine.execute("su - alice -c 'hyprtester -b ${hyprland}/bin/Hyprland -c /etc/test.conf -p ${flake.hyprtester}/lib/hyprtestplugin.so 2>&1 | tee /tmp/testerlog; exit ''${PIPESTATUS[0]}'")
+      exit_status, _out = machine.execute("su - alice -c 'hyprtester -b ${hyprland}/bin/Hyprland -c /etc/test.conf -p ${hyprland}/lib/hyprtestplugin.so 2>&1 | tee /tmp/testerlog; exit ''${PIPESTATUS[0]}'")
       print(f"Hyprtester exited with {exit_status}")
 
       # Copy logs to host