diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
index 2444c1795a78..82ce2bf0e953 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ let
       '' else src;
 in

-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.monorepoSrc = monorepoSrc;
   pname = "lldb";
   inherit version;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {

   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];

-  sourceRoot = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "13") "${src.name}/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "13") "${finalAttrs.src.name}/${finalAttrs.pname}";

   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];

   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DLLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=${if doCheck then "YES" else "NO"}"
+    "-DLLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=${if finalAttrs.doCheck then "YES" else "NO"}"
     "-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=OFF"
     "-DClang_DIR=${lib.getDev libclang}/lib/cmake"
     "-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT=${lit}/bin/lit"
@@ -122,27 +122,35 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     #
     # so, we just ignore the resulting errors
     "-DSPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF"
-  ]) ++ lib.optionals doCheck [
+  ]) ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.doCheck [
     "-DLLDB_TEST_C_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
     "-DLLDB_TEST_CXX_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++"
   ];

   doCheck = false;
-  doInstallCheck = lib.versionOlder release_version "15";
-
-  # TODO: cleanup with mass-rebuild
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    if [ ! -e $lib/${python3.sitePackages}/lldb/_lldb*.so ] ; then
-        echo "ERROR: python files not installed where expected!";
-        return 1;
+
+  # check if lldb works fine, this skip symlinks issues
+  passthru.tests.lldb_check = runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-test" { meta.timeout = 60; } (''
+    broken=0
+    ${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/bin/lldb --script-language python -o 'script print("python", None)' -o 'quit' > test_py
+    if ! grep -q 'python None' ./test_py; then
+      echo "Error: broken lldb python interpreter" 1>&2;
+      broken=1
     fi
-  '' # Something lua is built on older versions but this file doesn't exist.
-  + lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "14") ''
-    if [ ! -e "$lib/lib/lua/${lua5_3.luaversion}/lldb.so" ] ; then
-        echo "ERROR: lua files not installed where expected!";
-        return 1;
+  '' + (lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "10") ''
+    ${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/bin/lldb --script-language lua -o 'script print("lua", nil)' -o 'quit' > test_lua
+    if ! grep -qP 'lua\tnil' ./test_lua; then
+      echo "Error: broken lldb lua interpreter" 1>&2;
+      broken=1
     fi
-  '';
+  '') + ''
+    if [ $broken -eq 0 ]; then
+      touch $out
+      exit 0
+    else
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  '');

   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/lldb --prefix PYTHONPATH : $lib/${python3.sitePackages}/