diff --git a/tests/pseudofiles/fixture.nix b/tests/pseudofiles/fixture.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..043b23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pseudofiles/fixture.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  pseudofile
+}: let
+  inherit (pseudofile) dir;
+  structure = {
+    service = dir {
+      s6-linux-init-runleveld = dir {
+        notification-fd = { file = "3"; };
+        run = {
+          file = ''
+           hello
+           world
+          '';
+          mode = "0755";
+        };
+      };
+      s6-linux-init-shutdownd = dir {
+        fifo = {
+          type = "i";
+          subtype = "f";
+          mode = "0600";
+        };
+        run = {
+          file = ''
+              s6-linux-init/bin/s6-linux-init-shutdownd -c  "/etc/s6-linux-init/current" -g 3000
+            '';
+          mode = "0755";
+        };
+
+      };
+      s6-svscan-log = dir {
+        fifo = {
+          type = "i";
+          subtype = "f";
+          mode = "0600";
+        };
+        notification-fd = { file = "3"; };
+        run = {
+          file = ''
+              gdsgdfgsdgf
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    uncaught-logs = (dir {}) // {mode = "2750";};
+  };
+in pseudofile.write "pseudo.s6-init" structure
diff --git a/tests/pseudofiles/run.sh b/tests/pseudofiles/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 81f407e..0000000
--- a/tests/pseudofiles/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-
-expr=$(cat <<"EXPR"
-let
-  overlay = import <liminix/overlay.nix>;
-  nixpkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [overlay]; };
-in nixpkgs.pkgs.callPackage ./test.nix {}
-EXPR
-    )
-
-NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM=1 nix-build -E "${expr}" -o result $*
-diff result result.expected
-test -f  /tmp/out.squashfs && rm /tmp/out.squashfs
-nix-shell -p squashfsTools -p qprint --run "mksquashfs - /tmp/out.squashfs -p '/ d 755 0 0' -pf result -quiet -no-progress"
-foo="$(nix-shell -p squashfsTools --run 'unsquashfs -cat /tmp/out.squashfs service/s6-linux-init-runleveld/run')"
-test "$foo" = "$(printf "hello\nworld")"
diff --git a/tests/pseudofiles/test.nix b/tests/pseudofiles/test.nix
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 043b23d..3a2ad10
--- a/tests/pseudofiles/test.nix
+++ b/tests/pseudofiles/test.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,20 @@
 {
-  pseudofile
-}: let
-  inherit (pseudofile) dir;
-  structure = {
-    service = dir {
-      s6-linux-init-runleveld = dir {
-        notification-fd = { file = "3"; };
-        run = {
-          file = ''
-           hello
-           world
-          '';
-          mode = "0755";
-        };
-      };
-      s6-linux-init-shutdownd = dir {
-        fifo = {
-          type = "i";
-          subtype = "f";
-          mode = "0600";
-        };
-        run = {
-          file = ''
-              s6-linux-init/bin/s6-linux-init-shutdownd -c  "/etc/s6-linux-init/current" -g 3000
-            '';
-          mode = "0755";
-        };
-
-      };
-      s6-svscan-log = dir {
-        fifo = {
-          type = "i";
-          subtype = "f";
-          mode = "0600";
-        };
-        notification-fd = { file = "3"; };
-        run = {
-          file = ''
-              gdsgdfgsdgf
-          '';
-        };
-      };
-    };
-    uncaught-logs = (dir {}) // {mode = "2750";};
-  };
-in pseudofile.write "pseudo.s6-init" structure
+  liminix
+, nixpkgs
+}:
+let
+  overlay = import "${liminix}/overlay.nix";
+  nixpkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [overlay]; };
+  fixture = nixpkgs.callPackage ./fixture.nix {};
+  check = nixpkgs.runCommand "check" {
+    nativeBuildInputs = with nixpkgs; [ squashfsTools qprint ] ;
+  } ''
+set -e
+diff ${fixture} ${./result.expected}
+test -f  /tmp/out.squashfs && rm /tmp/out.squashfs
+mksquashfs - /tmp/out.squashfs -p '/ d 755 0 0' -pf ${fixture} -quiet -no-progress
+foo="$(unsquashfs -cat /tmp/out.squashfs service/s6-linux-init-runleveld/run)"
+test "$foo" = "$(printf "hello\nworld")"
+date > $out
+'';
+in { inherit check; }