diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gj/gjs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gj/gjs/package.nix
index 0f17692a1d58..61f6e3cfcf71 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gj/gjs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gj/gjs/package.nix
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     xvfb-run
-  ]
-  ++ testDeps;
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = testDeps;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     glib
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs build/choose-tests-locale.sh
     substituteInPlace installed-tests/debugger-test.sh --subst-var-by gjsConsole $out/bin/gjs-console