diff --git a/checks/default.nix b/checks/default.nix
index c50ca7f..7ab6475 100644
--- a/checks/default.nix
+++ b/checks/default.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ myPkgs // {
 
   mkDummySrcTests = callPackage ./mkDummySrcTests { };
 
+  nextest = callPackage ./nextest.nix { };
+
   simple = myLib.buildPackage {
     src = ./simple;
   };
@@ -189,27 +191,5 @@ myPkgs // {
     src = ./workspace-git;
     pname = "workspace-git";
   };
-
-  nextestSimple = myLib.cargoNextest {
-    src = ./simple;
-    pname = "nextest-simple";
-    cargoArtifacts = null;
-  };
-
-  nextestPartitionsCount = myLib.cargoNextest {
-    src = ./simple;
-    pname = "nextest-partitions-count";
-    partitions = 4;
-    partitionType = "count";
-    cargoArtifacts = null;
-  };
-
-  nextestPartitionsHash = myLib.cargoNextest {
-    src = ./simple;
-    pname = "nextest-partitions-hash";
-    partitions = 4;
-    partitionType = "hash";
-    cargoArtifacts = null;
-  };
 })
 )
diff --git a/checks/nextest.nix b/checks/nextest.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f28627a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/nextest.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ cargo-nextest
+, cargoNextest
+, lib
+, linkFarmFromDrvs
+, runCommand
+}:
+
+let
+  # cargo-nextest version in the stable-22.05 branch is too old
+  nextestSupportsArchives = lib.versionAtLeast
+    cargo-nextest.version
+    "0.9.15";
+
+  nextestSimple = cargoNextest {
+    src = ./simple;
+    pname = "nextest-simple";
+    cargoArtifacts = null;
+  };
+
+  nextestPartitionsCount = cargoNextest {
+    src = ./simple;
+    pname = "nextest-partitions-count";
+    partitions = 4;
+    partitionType = "count";
+    cargoArtifacts = null;
+  };
+
+  nextestPartitionsHash = cargoNextest {
+    src = ./simple;
+    pname = "nextest-partitions-hash";
+    partitions = 4;
+    partitionType = "hash";
+    cargoArtifacts = null;
+  };
+in
+runCommand "nextestTests" {
+  buildInputs = [ nextestSimple ] ++ (lib.optionals nextestSupportsArchives [
+    nextestPartitionsCount
+    nextestPartitionsHash
+  ]);
+} ''
+  mkdir -p $out
+''