diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/build-paths.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/build-paths.sh
index ff012e1b3..98827947d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/build-paths.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/build-paths.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ cat > $flake1Dir/flake.nix <<EOF
     a12 = self.drvCall.outPath;
 
     a13 = "\${self.drvCall.drvPath}\${self.drvCall.outPath}";
+
+    a14 = with import ./config.nix; mkDerivation {
+      name = "dot-installable";
+      outputs = [ "foo" "out" ];
+      meta.outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
+      buildCommand = ''
+          mkdir \$foo \$out
+          echo "foo" > \$foo/file
+          echo "out" > \$out/file
+      '';
+      outputSpecified = true;
+    };
   };
 }
 EOF
@@ -94,3 +106,10 @@ nix build --json --out-link $TEST_ROOT/result $flake1Dir#a12
 
 expectStderr 1 nix build --impure --json --out-link $TEST_ROOT/result $flake1Dir#a13 \
   | grepQuiet "has 2 entries in its context. It should only have exactly one entry"
+
+# Test accessing output in installables with `.` (foobarbaz.<output>)
+nix build --json --no-link $flake1Dir#a14.foo | jq --exit-status '
+  (.[0] |
+    (.drvPath | match(".*dot-installable.drv")) and
+    (.outputs | keys == ["foo"]))
+'
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
index f6931a578..427290883 100644
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
@@ -285,35 +285,6 @@ git -C "$flake3Dir" add flake.lock
 
 git -C "$flake3Dir" commit -m 'Add lockfile'
 
-# Test accessing output in installables with `.` (foobarbaz.<output>)
-cat > "$flake3Dir/flake.nix" <<EOF
-{
-    outputs = {self}: {
-      packages.$system.hello = (import ./config.nix).mkDerivation {
-        name = "hello";
-        outputs = [ "foo" "out" ];
-        meta.outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
-        buildCommand = ''
-            mkdir \$foo \$out
-            echo "foo" > \$foo/file
-            echo "out" > \$out/file
-        '';
-        outputSpecified = true;
-      };
-    };
-}
-EOF
-
-cp ../config.nix "$flake3Dir"
-git -C "$flake3Dir" add flake.nix config.nix
-git -C "$flake3Dir" commit -m 'multi outputs flake'
-
-nix build "$flake3Dir#hello.foo" --json --no-link | jq --exit-status '
-  (.[0] |
-    (.drvPath | match(".*hello.drv")) and
-    (.outputs | keys == ["foo"]))
-'
-
 # Test whether registry caching works.
 nix registry list --flake-registry "file://$registry" | grepQuiet flake3
 mv "$registry" "$registry.tmp"