diff --git a/tests/functional/lang.sh b/tests/functional/lang.sh
index 5dd88df3c..15ee3b192 100755
--- a/tests/functional/lang.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/lang.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ for i in eval-okay-*.nix; do
     else
         if
             expect 0 env \
-                NIX_PATH=dir3:dir4 \
                 HOME=/fake-home \
                 nix-instantiate "${flags[@]}" --eval --strict "$i.nix" \
                 1> "$i.out" \
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.flags b/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.flags
deleted file mode 100644
index 256a78a03..000000000
--- a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.flags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
---extra-deprecated-features shadow-internal-symbols -I dir1 -I dir2 -I dir5=dir3
diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/__init__.py b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir1/a.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir1/a.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir1/a.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir1/a.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir2/a.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir2/a.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir2/a.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir2/a.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir2/b.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir2/b.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir2/b.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir2/b.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir3/a.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/a.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir3/a.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/a.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir3/b.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/b.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir3/b.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/b.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir3/c.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/c.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir3/c.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir3/c.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir4/a.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir4/a.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir4/a.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir4/a.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/dir4/c.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir4/c.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/dir4/c.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/dir4/c.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.exp b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/eval-okay.out.exp
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.exp
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/eval-okay.out.exp
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/in.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/search-path/in.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/test_search_path.py b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/test_search_path.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb1b90b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional2/lang/search-path/test_search_path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from functional2.lang.test_lang import test_eval as nix_eval
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.file_helper import with_files, CopyTree, CopyFile, AssetSymlink
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.nix import Nix
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.snapshot import Snapshot
+
+
+@with_files(
+    {
+        "dir1": CopyTree("dir1"),
+        "dir2": CopyTree("dir2"),
+        "dir3": CopyTree("dir3"),
+        "dir4": CopyTree("dir4"),
+        "lib.nix": CopyFile("../lib.nix"),
+        "in.nix": CopyFile("in.nix"),
+        "out.exp": AssetSymlink("eval-okay.out.exp"),
+    }
+)
+def test_search_path(files: Path, nix: Nix, snapshot: Callable[[str], Snapshot]):
+    nix.env.set_env("NIX_PATH", "dir3:dir4")
+    nix_eval(
+        files,
+        nix,
+        [
+            "--extra-deprecated-features",
+            "shadow-internal-symbols",
+            "-I",
+            "dir1",
+            "-I",
+            "dir2",
+            "-I",
+            "dir5=dir3",
+        ],
+        snapshot,
+    )