diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 7b71cac4c..930163628 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ functional_tests_scripts = [
   'derivation-json.sh',
   'import-derivation.sh',
   'ssh-relay.sh',
-  'output-normalization.sh',
   'selfref-gc.sh',
   'db-migration.sh',
   'bash-profile.sh',
diff --git a/tests/functional/output-normalization.sh b/tests/functional/output-normalization.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f6df5e31..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/output-normalization.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-source common.sh
-
-testNormalization () {
-    clearStore
-    outPath=$(nix-build ./simple.nix --no-out-link)
-    test "$(stat -c %Y $outPath)" -eq 1
-}
-
-testNormalization
diff --git a/tests/functional2/build/test_output_normalization.py b/tests/functional2/build/test_output_normalization.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b60c1e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional2/build/test_output_normalization.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from testlib.fixtures.file_helper import with_files
+from testlib.fixtures.nix import Nix
+from testlib.utils import get_global_asset_pack
+
+
+@with_files({"drv": get_global_asset_pack("simple-drv")})
+def test_output_normalization(nix: Nix):
+    result = nix.nix_build(["drv/simple.nix"]).run().ok().stdout_plain
+    assert Path(result).stat().st_mtime == 1