diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ns-usbloader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ns-usbloader/default.nix
index 8ab52711a6cee..a97d3e6f9f88d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ns-usbloader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ns-usbloader/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
     x86_64-linux = "sha256-vXZAlZOh9pXNF1RL78oQRal5pkXFRKDz/7SP9LibgiA=";
     aarch64-linux = "sha256-xC+feb41EPi30gBrVR8usanVULI2Pt0knztzNagPQiw=";
   };
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     copyDesktopItems
@@ -46,6 +45,8 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
     gvfs
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   # Don't wrap binaries twice.
   dontWrapGApps = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openrefine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openrefine/default.nix
index 6a9d4be6c50b2..b94f23671024b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openrefine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/openrefine/default.nix
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ in maven'.buildMavenPackage {
   postPatch = ''
     cp -r ${npmPkg} main/webapp/modules/core/3rdparty
   '';
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests=true -pl !packaging";
+  mvnParameters = "-pl !packaging";
   mvnHash = "sha256-0qsKUMV9M0ZaddR5ust8VikSrsutdxVNNezKqR+F/6M=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/lib/server/target/lib
     cp -r server/target/lib/* $out/lib/server/target/lib/
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/commafeed/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/commafeed/package.nix
index cc203468feead..369a5801ff488 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/commafeed/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/commafeed/package.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage {
     "-Dskip.npm"
     "-Dspotless.check.skip"
     "-Dmaven.gitcommitid.skip"
-    "-DskipTests"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
@@ -71,6 +70,8 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage {
     runHook postConfigure
   '';
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ko/kotlin-interactive-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ko/kotlin-interactive-shell/package.nix
index 23848a48969e6..752be68d42452 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ko/kotlin-interactive-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ko/kotlin-interactive-shell/package.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
   };
 
   mvnHash = "sha256-m1o0m0foqJhEzWjC9behBeld5HT08WClcZN2xc3fZrI=";
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests compile";
+  mvnParameters = "compile";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mariadb-connector-java/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mariadb-connector-java/package.nix
index d6fed528e1d06..3fa6f7a5186c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mariadb-connector-java/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mariadb-connector-java/package.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
 
   mvnHash = "sha256-7O+G5HT6mtp12zWL3Gn12KPVUwp3GMaWGvXX6Sg1+6k=";
 
-  # Disable tests because they require networking
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests";
+  doCheck = false; # Requires networking
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/s3/s3proxy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/s3/s3proxy/package.nix
index b2fd1b03a5ab9..72f18af79cc13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/s3/s3proxy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/s3/s3proxy/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage {
     hash = "sha256-GhZPvo8wlXInHwg8rSmpwMMkZVw5SMpnZyKqFUYLbrE=";
   };
 
-  mvnParameters = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-DskipTests";
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/so/sonarlint-ls/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/so/sonarlint-ls/package.nix
index 8382d3b8b2708..42b8d6098947e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/so/sonarlint-ls/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/so/sonarlint-ls/package.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mavenJdk17.buildMavenPackage rec {
 
   # disable node and npm module installation because the need network access
   # for the tests.
-  mvnDepsParameters = "-Dskip.installnodenpm=true -Dskip.npm -DskipTests package";
+  mvnDepsParameters = "-Dskip.installnodenpm=true -Dskip.npm package";
 
   # disable failing tests which either need network access or are flaky
   mvnParameters = lib.escapeShellArgs [
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ mavenJdk17.buildMavenPackage rec {
     !JavaMediumTests"
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-maven/build-package.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-maven/build-package.nix
index df5d67cb42e6b..f9ff54696dfe9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-maven/build-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-maven/build-package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 { src
 , sourceRoot ? null
 , buildOffline ? false
+, doCheck ? true
 , patches ? [ ]
 , pname
 , version
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 # created to allow using maven packages in the same style as rust
 
 let
+  mvnSkipTests = lib.optionalString (!doCheck) "-DskipTests";
   fetchedMavenDeps = stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     name = "${pname}-${version}-maven-deps";
     inherit src sourceRoot patches;
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ let
         mvn dependency:sources -DincludeGroupIds="$group" -DincludeArtifactIds="$artifact" -Dmaven.repo.local=$out/.m2
       done
     '' + lib.optionalString (!buildOffline) ''
-      mvn package -Dmaven.repo.local=$out/.m2 ${mvnParameters}
+      mvn package -Dmaven.repo.local=$out/.m2 ${mvnSkipTests} ${mvnParameters}
     '' + ''
       runHook postBuild
     '';
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (builtins.removeAttrs args [ "mvnFetchExtraArgs" ] // {
     runHook preBuild
 
     mvnDeps=$(cp -dpR ${fetchedMavenDeps}/.m2 ./ && chmod +w -R .m2 && pwd)
-    mvn package -o -nsu "-Dmaven.repo.local=$mvnDeps/.m2" ${mvnParameters}
+    mvn package -o -nsu "-Dmaven.repo.local=$mvnDeps/.m2" ${mvnSkipTests} ${mvnParameters}
 
     runHook postBuild
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/java/java-language-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/java/java-language-server/default.nix
index 0cca4d4ca56ed..744e20fce6110 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/java/java-language-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/java/java-language-server/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
   };
 
   mvnFetchExtraArgs.dontConfigure = true;
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests";
   mvnHash = "sha256-2uthmSjFQ43N5lgV11DsxuGce+ZptZsmRLTgjDo0M2w=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ jdk makeWrapper ];
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
       --compress 2
   '';
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/forge-mtg/default.nix b/pkgs/games/forge-mtg/default.nix
index cc5c56977bb98..8ca1675591ee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/forge-mtg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/forge-mtg/default.nix
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage {
   pname = "forge-mtg";
   inherit version src patches;
 
-  # Tests need a running Xorg.
-  mvnParameters = "-DskipTests";
   mvnHash = "sha256-QK9g0tG75lIhEtf4jW03N32YbD9Fe5iI0JTuqmCTtnE=";
 
+  doCheck = false; # Needs a running Xorg
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/h2/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/h2/default.nix
index 84a8b98b6dfc9..297802f59a920 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/h2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/h2/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ maven.buildMavenPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-pS9jSiuInA0eULPOZK5cjwr9y5KDVY51blhZ9vs4z+g=";
   };
 
-  mvnParameters = "-f h2/pom.xml -DskipTests";
+  mvnParameters = "-f h2/pom.xml";
   mvnHash = "sha256-hUzE4F+RNCAfoY836pjrivf04xqN4m9SkiLXhmVzZRA=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/java
     install -Dm644 h2/target/h2-${version}.jar $out/share/java