diff --git a/nixos/tests/memcached.nix b/nixos/tests/memcached.nix
index b120599c51dd80..31f5627d25cebd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/memcached.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/memcached.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
   name = "memcached";
 
-  nodes = {
-    machine =
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [ ../modules/profiles/minimal.nix ];
-        services.memcached.enable = true;
-      };
+  machine = {
+    imports = [ ../modules/profiles/minimal.nix ];
+    services.memcached.enable = true;
   };
 
   testScript = let
-    testScript = pkgs.writeScript "testScript.py" ''
-      #!${pkgs.python3.withPackages (p: [p.memcached])}/bin/python
-
+    testScript = pkgs.writers.writePython3 "test_memcache" {
+      libraries = with pkgs.python3Packages; [ memcached ];
+    } ''
       import memcache
       c = memcache.Client(['localhost:11211'])
       c.set('key', 'value')
       assert 'value' == c.get('key')
     '';
   in ''
-    startAll;
-    $machine->waitForUnit("memcached.service");
-    $machine->waitForOpenPort("11211");
-    $machine->succeed("${testScript}");
+    machine.start()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("memcached.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(11211)
+    machine.succeed("${testScript}")
   '';
 })