diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 8d395189e..c1618d176 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ let
         installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
 
         doInstallCheck = true;
+        installCheckFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
       });
 
 
diff --git a/tests/common.sh.in b/tests/common.sh.in
index 633769ae2..2bbc39c28 100644
--- a/tests/common.sh.in
+++ b/tests/common.sh.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set -e
 
 datadir="@datadir@"
-profiledir="@sysconfdir@/profile.d"
 
 export TEST_ROOT=$(pwd)/test-tmp
 export NIX_STORE_DIR
diff --git a/tests/nix-profile.sh b/tests/nix-profile.sh
index a00864c97..3586a7efc 100644
--- a/tests/nix-profile.sh
+++ b/tests/nix-profile.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ source common.sh
 home=$TEST_ROOT/home
 rm -rf $home
 mkdir -p $home
-HOME=$home $SHELL -e -c ". $profiledir/nix.sh"
-HOME=$home $SHELL -e -c ". $profiledir/nix.sh" # test idempotency
+HOME=$home $SHELL -e -c ". ../scripts/nix-profile.sh"
+HOME=$home $SHELL -e -c ". ../scripts/nix-profile.sh" # test idempotency
 
 [ -L $home/.nix-profile ]
 [ -e $home/.nix-channels ]