diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 5fbd9955c2a3..2eb6b09b5994 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ with stdenv.lib;
   # Debugging.
   DEBUG_KERNEL y
   DYNAMIC_DEBUG y
-  BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST n
   DEBUG_DEVRES n
   DEBUG_STACK_USAGE n
   DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW n
@@ -640,43 +639,46 @@ with stdenv.lib;
   # This menu disables all/most of them on >= 4.16
   RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU? n
   # For older kernels, painstakingly disable each symbol.
-  ARM_KPROBES_TEST? n
-  ASYNC_RAID6_TEST? n
-  ATOMIC64_SELFTEST? n
-  BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST? n
+  ${optionalString (versionOlder version "4.16") ''
+    ARM_KPROBES_TEST? n
+    ASYNC_RAID6_TEST? n
+    ATOMIC64_SELFTEST? n
+    BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST? n
+    INTERVAL_TREE_TEST? n
+    PERCPU_TEST? n
+    RBTREE_TEST? n
+    TEST_BITMAP? n
+    TEST_BPF? n
+    TEST_FIRMWARE? n
+    TEST_HASH? n
+    TEST_HEXDUMP? n
+    TEST_KMOD? n
+    TEST_KSTRTOX? n
+    TEST_LIST_SORT? n
+    TEST_LKM? n
+    TEST_PARMAN? n
+    TEST_PRINTF? n
+    TEST_RHASHTABLE? n
+    TEST_SORT? n
+    TEST_STATIC_KEYS? n
+    TEST_STRING_HELPERS? n
+    TEST_UDELAY? n
+    TEST_USER_COPY? n
+    TEST_UUID? n
+  ''}
+
   CRC32_SELFTEST? n
   CRYPTO_TEST? n
   DRM_DEBUG_MM_SELFTEST? n
   EFI_TEST? n
   GLOB_SELFTEST? n
-  INTERVAL_TREE_TEST? n
   LNET_SELFTEST? n
   LOCK_TORTURE_TEST? n
   MTD_TESTS? n
   NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION? n
-  PERCPU_TEST? n
-  RBTREE_TEST? n
   RCU_PERF_TEST? n
   RCU_TORTURE_TEST? n
   TEST_ASYNC_DRIVER_PROBE? n
-  TEST_BITMAP? n
-  TEST_BPF? n
-  TEST_FIRMWARE? n
-  TEST_HASH? n
-  TEST_HEXDUMP? n
-  TEST_KMOD? n
-  TEST_KSTRTOX? n
-  TEST_LIST_SORT? n
-  TEST_LKM? n
-  TEST_PARMAN? n
-  TEST_PRINTF? n
-  TEST_RHASHTABLE? n
-  TEST_SORT? n
-  TEST_STATIC_KEYS? n
-  TEST_STRING_HELPERS? n
-  TEST_UDELAY? n
-  TEST_USER_COPY? n
-  TEST_UUID? n
   WW_MUTEX_SELFTEST? n
   XZ_DEC_TEST? n