diff --git a/tests/functional/help.sh b/tests/functional/help.sh
index 127cc455b..2d64c465d 100755
--- a/tests/functional/help.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/help.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 source common.sh
 
+function subcommands() {
+  jq -r '
+def recurse($prefix):
+    to_entries[] |
+    ($prefix + [.key]) as $newPrefix |
+    (if .value | has("commands") then
+      ($newPrefix, (.value.commands | recurse($newPrefix)))
+    else
+      $newPrefix
+    end);
+.args.commands | recurse([]) | join(" ")
+'
+}
+
+nix __dump-cli | subcommands | while IFS= read -r cmd; do
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # word splitting of cmd is intended
+    nix $cmd --help
+done
+
+[[ $(type -p man) ]] || skipTest "'man' not installed"
+
+# FIXME: we don't know whether we built the manpages, so we can't
+# reliably test them here.
+exit 0
+
 # test help output
 
 nix-build --help
@@ -49,22 +74,3 @@ nix-daemon --help
 nix-hash --help
 nix-instantiate --help
 nix-prefetch-url --help
-
-function subcommands() {
-  jq -r '
-def recurse($prefix):
-    to_entries[] |
-    ($prefix + [.key]) as $newPrefix |
-    (if .value | has("commands") then
-      ($newPrefix, (.value.commands | recurse($newPrefix)))
-    else
-      $newPrefix
-    end);
-.args.commands | recurse([]) | join(" ")
-'
-}
-
-nix __dump-cli | subcommands | while IFS= read -r cmd; do
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # word splitting of cmd is intended
-    nix $cmd --help
-done
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 83e08c4f5..dee003e42 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ foreach suite : suites
       # Used for target dependency/ordering tracking, not adding compiler flags or anything.
       depends : suite['deps'],
       workdir : workdir,
-      # Won't pass until man pages are generated
-      should_fail : suite['name'] == 'main' and script == 'help.sh'
     )
   endforeach
 endforeach