diff --git a/nixos/tests/nixos-generate-config.nix b/nixos/tests/nixos-generate-config.nix
index 15a173e024b4..6c83ccecc70a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nixos-generate-config.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nixos-generate-config.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ lib, ... } : {
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... } : {
   name = "nixos-generate-config";
   meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ basvandijk ];
   machine = {
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ lib, ... } : {
     '';
   };
   testScript = ''
-    startAll;
-    $machine->waitForUnit("multi-user.target");
-    $machine->succeed("nixos-generate-config");
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.succeed("nixos-generate-config")
 
     # Test if the configuration really is overridden
-    $machine->succeed("grep 'OVERRIDDEN' /etc/nixos/configuration.nix");
+    machine.succeed("grep 'OVERRIDDEN' /etc/nixos/configuration.nix")
 
     # Test of if the Perl variable $bootLoaderConfig is spliced correctly:
-    $machine->succeed("grep 'boot\\.loader\\.grub\\.enable = true;' /etc/nixos/configuration.nix");
+    machine.succeed(
+        "grep 'boot\\.loader\\.grub\\.enable = true;' /etc/nixos/configuration.nix"
+    )
   '';
 })