diff --git a/fs_mgr/tests/adb-remount-test.sh b/fs_mgr/tests/adb-remount-test.sh
index a1e94ddc1..e6d55d9fa 100755
--- a/fs_mgr/tests/adb-remount-test.sh
+++ b/fs_mgr/tests/adb-remount-test.sh
@@ -231,17 +231,6 @@ adb_cat() {
     return ${ret}
 }
 
-[ "USAGE: adb_ls <dirfile> >stdout
-
-Returns: filename or directoru content to stdout with carriage returns skipped,
-         true if the ls had no errors" ]
-adb_ls() {
-    local OUTPUT="`adb_sh ls ${1} </dev/null 2>/dev/null`"
-    local ret=${?}
-    echo "${OUTPUT}" | tr -d '\r'
-    return ${ret}
-}
-
 [ "USAGE: adb_test <expression>
 
 Returns: exit status of the test expression" ]
@@ -648,9 +637,6 @@ die() {
     shift 2
   fi >&2
   LOG FAILED "${@}"
-  cleanup
-  restore
-  test_duration
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -735,7 +721,7 @@ skip_administrative_mounts() {
   local exclude_filesystems=(
     "overlay" "tmpfs" "none" "sysfs" "proc" "selinuxfs" "debugfs" "bpf"
     "binfmt_misc" "cg2_bpf" "pstore" "tracefs" "adb" "mtp" "ptp" "devpts"
-    "ramdumpfs" "binder" "securityfs" "functionfs" "rootfs"
+    "ramdumpfs" "binder" "securityfs" "functionfs" "rootfs" "fuse"
   )
   local exclude_devices=(
     "\/sys\/kernel\/debug" "\/data\/media" "\/dev\/block\/loop[0-9]*"
@@ -760,8 +746,10 @@ or output from df
 Filters out all apex and vendor override administrative overlay mounts
 uninteresting to the test" ]
 skip_unrelated_mounts() {
-    grep -v "^overlay.* /\(apex\|bionic\|system\|vendor\)/[^ ]" |
-      grep -v "[%] /\(data_mirror\|apex\|bionic\|system\|vendor\)/[^ ][^ ]*$"
+  grep -vE \
+      -e "^overlay.* /(apex|bionic|system|vendor)/[^ ]" \
+      -e "^[^ ]+ /apex/[^ ]" \
+      -e "[%] /(data_mirror|apex|bionic|system|vendor)/[^ ]+$"
 }
 
 [ "USAGE: surgically_wipe_overlayfs
@@ -885,10 +873,32 @@ if ! ${color}; then
   NORMAL=""
 fi
 
+exit_handler() {
+  cleanup || true
+  local err=0
+  if ! restore; then
+    LOG ERROR "restore failed"
+    err=1
+  fi >&2
+  test_duration || true
+  if [ "${err}" != 0 ]; then
+    exit "${err}"
+  fi
+}
+trap 'exit_handler' EXIT
+
 if ${print_time}; then
   LOG INFO "start $(date)"
 fi
 
+if [ -z "${ANDROID_SERIAL}" ]; then
+  inAdb || die "no device or more than one device in adb mode"
+  D=$(adb devices | awk '$2 == "device" { print $1; exit }')
+  [ -n "${D}" ] || die "cannot get device serial"
+  ANDROID_SERIAL="${D}"
+fi
+export ANDROID_SERIAL
+
 inFastboot && die "device in fastboot mode"
 inRecovery && die "device in recovery mode"
 if ! inAdb; then
@@ -913,9 +923,6 @@ fi
 
 # Collect characteristics of the device and report.
 
-D=`get_property ro.serialno`
-[ -n "${D}" ] || D=`get_property ro.boot.serialno`
-[ -z "${D}" -o -n "${ANDROID_SERIAL}" ] || ANDROID_SERIAL=${D}
 USB_SERIAL=
 if [ -n "${ANDROID_SERIAL}" -a "Darwin" != "${HOSTOS}" ]; then
   USB_SERIAL="`find /sys/devices -name serial | grep usb || true`"
@@ -929,8 +936,8 @@ if [ -n "${USB_SERIAL}" ]; then
   USB_ADDRESS=${USB_SERIAL%/serial}
   USB_ADDRESS=usb${USB_ADDRESS##*/}
 fi
-[ -z "${ANDROID_SERIAL}${USB_ADDRESS}" ] ||
-  USB_DEVICE=`usb_devnum`
+USB_DEVICE=$(usb_devnum)
+[ -z "${ANDROID_SERIAL}${USB_ADDRESS}${USB_DEVICE}" ] ||
   LOG INFO "${ANDROID_SERIAL} ${USB_ADDRESS} ${USB_DEVICE}"
 BUILD_DESCRIPTION=`get_property ro.build.description`
 [ -z "${BUILD_DESCRIPTION}" ] ||
@@ -943,14 +950,23 @@ ACTIVE_SLOT=`get_active_slot`
   LOG INFO "active slot is ${ACTIVE_SLOT}"
 
 # Acquire list of system partitions
+FSTAB_SUFFIXES=(
+  "$(get_property ro.boot.fstab_suffix)"
+  "$(get_property ro.boot.hardware)"
+  "$(get_property ro.boot.hardware.platform)"
+)
+FSTAB_PATTERN='\.('"$(join_with "|" "${FSTAB_SUFFIXES[@]}")"')$'
+FSTAB_FILE=$(adb_su ls -1 '/vendor/etc/fstab*' </dev/null |
+             grep -E "${FSTAB_PATTERN}" |
+             head -1)
 
 # KISS (assume system partition mount point is "/<partition name>")
-PARTITIONS=`adb_su cat /vendor/etc/fstab* </dev/null |
-              grep -v "^[#${SPACE}${TAB}]" |
-              skip_administrative_mounts |
-              awk '$1 ~ /^[^\/]+$/ && "/"$1 == $2 && $4 ~ /(^|,)ro(,|$)/ { print $1 }' |
-              sort -u |
-              tr '\n' ' '`
+[ -n "${FSTAB_FILE}" ] &&
+  PARTITIONS=$(adb_su grep -v "^[#${SPACE}${TAB}]" "${FSTAB_FILE}" |
+               skip_administrative_mounts |
+               awk '$1 ~ /^[^\/]+$/ && "/"$1 == $2 && $4 ~ /(^|,)ro(,|$)/ { print $1 }' |
+               sort -u |
+               tr '\n' ' ')
 PARTITIONS="${PARTITIONS:-system vendor}"
 # KISS (we do not support sub-mounts for system partitions currently)
 MOUNTS="`for i in ${PARTITIONS}; do
@@ -1042,7 +1058,7 @@ restore() {
 
 # If reboot too soon after fresh flash, could trip device update failure logic
 if ${screen_wait}; then
-  LOG WARNING "waiting for screen to come up. Consider --no-wait-screen option"
+  LOG INFO "waiting for screen to come up. Consider --no-wait-screen option"
 fi
 if ! wait_for_screen && ${screen_wait}; then
   screen_wait=false
@@ -1072,21 +1088,19 @@ is_overlayfs_mounted &&
   die "overlay takeover unexpected at this phase"
 
 overlayfs_needed=true
-D=`adb_sh cat /proc/mounts </dev/null |
-   skip_administrative_mounts data`
-if echo "${D}" | grep /dev/root >/dev/null; then
-  D=`echo / /
-     echo "${D}" | grep -v /dev/root`
-fi
-D=`echo "${D}" | cut -s -d' ' -f1 | sort -u`
+D=$(adb_sh grep " ro," /proc/mounts </dev/null |
+    skip_administrative_mounts data |
+    skip_unrelated_mounts |
+    awk '{ print $1 }' |
+    sed 's|/dev/root|/|' |
+    sort -u)
 no_dedupe=true
 for d in ${D}; do
   adb_sh tune2fs -l $d </dev/null 2>&1 |
     grep "Filesystem features:.*shared_blocks" >/dev/null &&
   no_dedupe=false
 done
-D=`adb_sh df -k ${D} </dev/null |
-   sed 's@\([%] /\)\(apex\|bionic\|system\|vendor\)/[^ ][^ ]*$@\1@'`
+D=$(adb_sh df -k ${D} </dev/null)
 echo "${D}" >&2
 if [ X"${D}" = X"${D##* 100[%] }" ] && ${no_dedupe} ; then
   overlayfs_needed=false
@@ -1156,11 +1170,7 @@ adb_unroot
 adb_sh find ${MOUNTS} </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 adb_root
 
-D=`adb remount 2>&1`
-ret=${?}
-echo "${D}" >&2
-[ ${ret} != 0 ] ||
-  [ X"${D}" = X"${D##*remount failed}" ] ||
+adb remount >&2 ||
   die -t "${T}" "adb remount failed"
 D=`adb_sh df -k </dev/null` &&
   H=`echo "${D}" | head -1` &&
@@ -1324,10 +1334,8 @@ if ${enforcing}; then
   adb_sh find ${MOUNTS} </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 # If overlayfs has a nested security problem, this will fail.
-B="`adb_ls /system/`" ||
-  die "adb ls /system"
-[ X"${B}" != X"${B#*priv-app}" ] ||
-  die "adb ls /system/priv-app"
+adb_sh ls /system >/dev/null || die "ls /system"
+adb_test -d /system/priv-app || die "[ -d /system/priv-app ]"
 B="`adb_cat /system/priv-app/hello`"
 check_eq "${A}" "${B}" /system/priv-app after reboot
 # Only root can read vendor if sepolicy permissions are as expected.
@@ -1448,22 +1456,19 @@ else
   fi
   B="`adb_cat /system/hello`"
   check_eq "${A}" "${B}" system after flash vendor
-  B="`adb_ls /system/`" ||
-    die "adb ls /system"
-  [ X"${B}" != X"${B#*priv-app}" ] ||
-    die "adb ls /system/priv-app"
+  adb_sh ls /system >/dev/null || die "ls /system"
+  adb_test -d /system/priv-app || die "[ -d /system/priv-app ]"
   B="`adb_cat /system/priv-app/hello`"
   check_eq "${A}" "${B}" system/priv-app after flash vendor
   adb_root ||
     die "adb root"
-  B="`adb_cat /vendor/hello`"
   if ${is_userspace_fastboot} || ! ${overlayfs_needed}; then
-    check_eq "cat: /vendor/hello: No such file or directory" "${B}" \
-             vendor content after flash vendor
+    adb_test -e /vendor/hello &&
+      die "vendor content after flash vendor"
   else
     LOG WARNING "user fastboot missing required to invalidate, ignoring a failure"
-    check_eq "cat: /vendor/hello: No such file or directory" "${B}" \
-             --warning vendor content after flash vendor
+    adb_test -e /vendor/hello &&
+      LOG WARNING "vendor content after flash vendor"
   fi
 
   check_eq "${SYSTEM_INO}" "`adb_sh stat --format=%i /system/hello </dev/null`" system inode after reboot
@@ -1495,12 +1500,12 @@ echo "${H}" >&2
   adb_sh rm /system/hello /system/priv-app/hello </dev/null ||
   ( [ -n "${L}" ] && echo "${L}" && false ) >&2 ||
   die -t ${T} "cleanup hello"
-B="`adb_cat /system/hello`"
-check_eq "cat: /system/hello: No such file or directory" "${B}" after rm
-B="`adb_cat /system/priv-app/hello`"
-check_eq "cat: /system/priv-app/hello: No such file or directory" "${B}" after rm
-B="`adb_cat /vendor/hello`"
-check_eq "cat: /vendor/hello: No such file or directory" "${B}" after rm
+adb_test -e /system/hello &&
+  die "/system/hello lingers after rm"
+adb_test -e /system/priv-app/hello &&
+  die "/system/priv-app/hello lingers after rm"
+adb_test -e /vendor/hello &&
+  die "/vendor/hello lingers after rm"
 for i in ${MOUNTS}; do
   adb_sh rm ${i}/hello </dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 done
@@ -1554,12 +1559,7 @@ if ${is_bootloader_fastboot} && [ -n "${scratch_partition}" ]; then
     [ X"${D}" != X"${D##*[Uu]sing overlayfs}" ] &&
     LOG OK "${scratch_partition} recreated" ||
     die -t ${T} "setup for overlayfs"
-  D=`adb remount 2>&1`
-  err=${?}
-  echo "${D}" >&2
-  [ ${err} != 0 ] ||
-    [ X"${D}" = X"${D##*remount failed}" ] ||
-    ( echo "${D}" && false ) >&2 ||
+  adb remount >&2 ||
     die -t ${T} "remount failed"
 fi
 
@@ -1627,13 +1627,5 @@ adb_sh grep " \(/system\|/\) .* rw," /proc/mounts >/dev/null </dev/null &&
   die "/system is not read-only"
 LOG OK "remount command works from scratch"
 
-if ! restore; then
-  restore() {
-    true
-  }
-  die "failed to restore verity after remount from scratch test"
-fi
 
 LOG PASSED "adb remount test"
-
-test_duration