diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f14a90efa..dbf5eb7d8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -430,36 +430,9 @@
 
             nixpkgsLibTests = forAllSystems (
               system:
-              let
+              nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.callPackage ./tests/nixpkgs/lib.nix {
+                inherit nixpkgs system;
                 inherit (self.packages.${system}) nix;
-                pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native;
-                testWithNix =
-                  (import (nixpkgs + "/lib/tests/test-with-nix.nix") {
-                    inherit pkgs lib nix;
-                  }).overrideAttrs
-                    (_: {
-                      buildInputs = [
-                        (import (nixpkgs + "/lib/path/tests") {
-                          inherit pkgs;
-                          # NOTE: Override the nix version used here, we cannot rely on CppNix actually building
-                          #       c.f. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/path/tests/default.nix#L18
-                          nixVersions.stable = nix;
-                        })
-                      ];
-                    });
-              in
-              pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-                name = "nixpkgs-lib-tests";
-                paths = [
-                  testWithNix
-                ]
-                # NOTE: nixpkgs 25.11 is being ... *creative*, and requires this dance to override
-                # the evaluator used for the test. it will break again in the future, don't worry.
-                ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
-                  ((pkgs.callPackage "${nixpkgs}/ci/eval" { inherit nix; } { }).attrpathsSuperset {
-                    evalSystem = system;
-                  })
-                ];
               }
             );
           };
diff --git a/tests/nixpkgs/lib.nix b/tests/nixpkgs/lib.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd7604397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nixpkgs/lib.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  symlinkJoin,
+
+  pkgs,
+
+  nix,
+  nixpkgs,
+  system,
+}:
+
+# NOTE: Every endpoint used here is very fragile as nixpkgs is not built
+#       to test itself with anything other than CppNix. It will probably
+#       break during some nixpkgs bump.
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) concatStringsSep optionals;
+
+  # Deprecated features to enable while running the nixpkgs test suite
+  deprecatedFeatures = [ ];
+
+  env.NIX_CONFIG = "extra-deprecated-features = ${concatStringsSep " " deprecatedFeatures}";
+in
+
+symlinkJoin {
+  name = "nixpkgs-lib-tests";
+  paths =
+    map
+      (
+        drv:
+        drv.overrideAttrs (old: {
+          env = (old.env or { }) // env;
+        })
+      )
+      (
+        [
+          (
+            (import (nixpkgs + "/lib/tests/test-with-nix.nix") {
+              inherit pkgs lib nix;
+            }).overrideAttrs
+            (_: {
+              buildInputs = [
+                (import (nixpkgs + "/lib/path/tests") {
+                  inherit pkgs;
+                  # NOTE: Override the nix version used here, we cannot rely on CppNix actually building
+                  #       c.f. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/path/tests/default.nix#L18
+                  nixVersions.stable = nix;
+                })
+              ];
+            })
+          )
+        ]
+        ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+          ((pkgs.callPackage (nixpkgs + "/ci/eval") { inherit nix; } { }).attrpathsSuperset {
+            evalSystem = system;
+          })
+        ]
+      );
+}