diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 31c1910df..01e4f506a 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1645296114,
-        "narHash": "sha256-y53N7TyIkXsjMpOG7RhvqJFGDacLs9HlyHeSTBioqYU=",
+        "lastModified": 1653988320,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ZaqFFsSDipZ6KVqriwM34T739+KLYJvNmCWzErjAg7c=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "530a53dcbc9437363471167a5e4762c5fcfa34a1",
+        "rev": "2fa57ed190fd6c7c746319444f34b5917666e5c1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-21.05-small",
+        "ref": "nixos-22.05-small",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a69969cfa..217c83727 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   description = "The purely functional package manager";
 
-  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-21.05-small";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05-small";
   inputs.nixpkgs-regression.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/215d4d0fd80ca5163643b03a33fde804a29cc1e2";
   inputs.lowdown-src = { url = "github:kristapsdz/lowdown"; flake = false; };
 
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
             "LDFLAGS=-fuse-ld=gold"
           ];
 
-
         nativeBuildDeps =
           [
             buildPackages.bison
@@ -370,10 +369,10 @@
                 ++ lib.optional (currentStdenv.isLinux || currentStdenv.isDarwin) libsodium
                 ++ lib.optional currentStdenv.isDarwin darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security;
 
-              configureFlags = ''
-                --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
-                --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
-              '';
+              configureFlags = [
+                "--with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}"
+                "--with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}"
+              ];
 
               enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -610,7 +609,9 @@
               ln -s ${image} $image
               echo "file binary-dist $image" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
             '';
-      } // builtins.listToAttrs (map (crossSystem: {
+      }
+
+      // builtins.listToAttrs (map (crossSystem: {
         name = "nix-${crossSystem}";
         value = let
           nixpkgsCross = import nixpkgs {
@@ -649,7 +650,9 @@
           doInstallCheck = true;
           installCheckFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";
         };
-      }) crossSystems)) // (builtins.listToAttrs (map (stdenvName:
+      }) (if system == "x86_64-linux" then crossSystems else [])))
+
+      // (builtins.listToAttrs (map (stdenvName:
         nixpkgsFor.${system}.lib.nameValuePair
           "nix-${stdenvName}"
           nixpkgsFor.${system}."${stdenvName}Packages".nix
diff --git a/tests/github-flakes.nix b/tests/github-flakes.nix
index 7ac397d81..ddae6a21c 100644
--- a/tests/github-flakes.nix
+++ b/tests/github-flakes.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ makeTest (
         { config, lib, pkgs, nodes, ... }:
         { virtualisation.writableStore = true;
           virtualisation.diskSize = 2048;
-          virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.hello pkgs.fuse ];
+          virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgs.hello pkgs.fuse ];
           virtualisation.memorySize = 4096;
           nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
           nix.extraOptions = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes";
diff --git a/tests/nix-copy-closure.nix b/tests/nix-copy-closure.nix
index 1b63a3fca..ba8b2cfc9 100644
--- a/tests/nix-copy-closure.nix
+++ b/tests/nix-copy-closure.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ makeTest (let pkgA = pkgs.cowsay; pkgB = pkgs.wget; pkgC = pkgs.hello; pkgD = pk
     { client =
         { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
         { virtualisation.writableStore = true;
-          virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgA pkgD.drvPath ];
+          virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgA pkgD.drvPath ];
           nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
         };
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ makeTest (let pkgA = pkgs.cowsay; pkgB = pkgs.wget; pkgC = pkgs.hello; pkgD = pk
         { config, pkgs, ... }:
         { services.openssh.enable = true;
           virtualisation.writableStore = true;
-          virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgB pkgC ];
+          virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgB pkgC ];
         };
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/nss-preload.nix b/tests/nss-preload.nix
index 2610d2b30..64b655ba2 100644
--- a/tests/nss-preload.nix
+++ b/tests/nss-preload.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@ with import (nixpkgs + "/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix") {
   extraConfigurations = [ { nixpkgs.overlays = [ overlay ]; } ];
 };
 
+let
+  nix-fetch = pkgs.writeText "fetch.nix" ''
+    derivation {
+        # This derivation is an copy from what is available over at
+        # nix.git:corepkgs/fetchurl.nix
+        builder = "builtin:fetchurl";
+
+        # We're going to fetch data from the http_dns instance created before
+        # we expect the content to be the same as the content available there.
+        # ```
+        # $ nix-hash --type sha256 --to-base32 $(echo "hello world" | sha256sum | cut -d " " -f 1)
+        # 0ix4jahrkll5zg01wandq78jw3ab30q4nscph67rniqg5x7r0j59
+        # ```
+        outputHash = "0ix4jahrkll5zg01wandq78jw3ab30q4nscph67rniqg5x7r0j59";
+        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
+        outputHashMode = "flat";
+
+        name = "example.com";
+        url = "http://example.com";
+
+        unpack = false;
+        executable = false;
+
+        system = "builtin";
+
+        preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+        impureEnvVars = [
+            "http_proxy" "https_proxy" "ftp_proxy" "all_proxy" "no_proxy"
+        ];
+
+        urls = [ "http://example.com" ];
+      }
+  '';
+in
+
 makeTest (
 
 rec {
@@ -68,40 +104,6 @@ rec {
     };
   };
 
-  nix-fetch = pkgs.writeText "fetch.nix" ''
-    derivation {
-        # This derivation is an copy from what is available over at
-        # nix.git:corepkgs/fetchurl.nix
-        builder = "builtin:fetchurl";
-
-        # We're going to fetch data from the http_dns instance created before
-        # we expect the content to be the same as the content available there.
-        # ```
-        # $ nix-hash --type sha256 --to-base32 $(echo "hello world" | sha256sum | cut -d " " -f 1)
-        # 0ix4jahrkll5zg01wandq78jw3ab30q4nscph67rniqg5x7r0j59
-        # ```
-        outputHash = "0ix4jahrkll5zg01wandq78jw3ab30q4nscph67rniqg5x7r0j59";
-        outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-        outputHashMode = "flat";
-
-        name = "example.com";
-        url = "http://example.com";
-
-        unpack = false;
-        executable = false;
-
-        system = "builtin";
-
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-
-        impureEnvVars = [
-            "http_proxy" "https_proxy" "ftp_proxy" "all_proxy" "no_proxy"
-        ];
-
-        urls = [ "http://example.com" ];
-      }
-  '';
-
   testScript = { nodes, ... }: ''
     http_dns.wait_for_unit("nginx")
     http_dns.wait_for_open_port(80)
diff --git a/tests/remote-builds.nix b/tests/remote-builds.nix
index b9e7352c0..7b2e6f708 100644
--- a/tests/remote-builds.nix
+++ b/tests/remote-builds.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ in
               }
             ];
           virtualisation.writableStore = true;
-          virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ config.system.build.extraUtils ];
+          virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ config.system.build.extraUtils ];
           nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
           programs.ssh.extraConfig = "ConnectTimeout 30";
         };
diff --git a/tests/setuid.nix b/tests/setuid.nix
index 35eb304ed..a83b1fc3a 100644
--- a/tests/setuid.nix
+++ b/tests/setuid.nix
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ with import (nixpkgs + "/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix") {
 makeTest {
   name = "setuid";
 
-  machine =
+  nodes.machine =
     { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
     { virtualisation.writableStore = true;
       nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
       nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${lib.cleanSource pkgs.path}" ];
-      virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.stdenv ];
+      virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.stdenv ];
     };
 
   testScript = { nodes }: ''
diff --git a/tests/sourcehut-flakes.nix b/tests/sourcehut-flakes.nix
index 6a1930904..aadab9bb5 100644
--- a/tests/sourcehut-flakes.nix
+++ b/tests/sourcehut-flakes.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ makeTest (
           {
             virtualisation.writableStore = true;
             virtualisation.diskSize = 2048;
-            virtualisation.pathsInNixDB = [ pkgs.hello pkgs.fuse ];
+            virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgs.hello pkgs.fuse ];
             virtualisation.memorySize = 4096;
             nix.binaryCaches = lib.mkForce [ ];
             nix.extraOptions = ''