diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index 093cf00..ae1b1d4 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   gtest,
   pixman,
   version ? "git",
-  doCheck ? false,
   debug ? false,
   # whether to use the mold linker
   # disable this for older machines without SSE4_2 and AVX2 support
@@ -15,9 +14,8 @@
 }:
 let
   inherit (builtins) foldl';
-  inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList;
   inherit (lib.lists) flatten optional;
-  inherit (lib.strings) cmakeBool optionalString;
+  inherit (lib.strings) optionalString;
 
   adapters = flatten [
     (lib.optional withMold stdenvAdapters.useMoldLinker)
@@ -28,16 +26,18 @@ let
 in
 customStdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "hyprutils" + optionalString debug "-debug";
-  inherit version doCheck;
+  inherit version;
   src = ../.;
 
+  doCheck = debug;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
   ];
 
   buildInputs = flatten [
-    (optional doCheck gtest)
+    (optional debug gtest)
     pixman
   ];
 
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   cmakeBuildType = if debug then "Debug" else "RelWithDebInfo";
 
-  cmakeFlags = mapAttrsToList cmakeBool {
-    "DISABLE_TESTING" = !doCheck;
-  };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprutils";
     description = "Small C++ library for utilities used across the Hypr* ecosystem";
diff --git a/nix/overlays.nix b/nix/overlays.nix
index dab9c03..937971b 100644
--- a/nix/overlays.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ in {
       inherit version;
     };
     hyprutils-debug = final.hyprutils.override {debug = true;};
-    hyprutils-with-tests = final.hyprutils.override {doCheck = true;};
+    hyprutils-with-tests = final.hyprutils-debug;
   };
 }