diff --git a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/Android.bp b/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/Android.bp
index 1bc5beb..d3747fc 100644
--- a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/Android.bp
+++ b/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/Android.bp
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
     shared_libs: [
         "libbinder_ndk",
         "libcrypto",
-        "libkeymint",
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "android.hardware.security.keymint-V1-ndk_platform",
         "android.hardware.security.sharedsecret-V1-ndk_platform",
+        "libkeymint",
     ],
     test_suites: [
         "general-tests",
diff --git a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/AndroidTest.xml b/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/AndroidTest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c6697bc..0000000
--- a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/AndroidTest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
-
-     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-     You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-     limitations under the License.
--->
-<configuration description="Runs VtsAidlSharedSecretTargetTest.">
-    <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
-    <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct-native" />
-
-    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
-    </target_preparer>
-
-    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.PushFilePreparer">
-        <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
-        <option name="push"
-                value="VtsAidlSharedSecretTargetTest->/data/local/tmp/VtsAidlSharedSecretTargetTest" />
-    </target_preparer>
-
-    <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
-        <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />
-        <option name="module-name" value="VtsAidlSharedSecretTargetTest" />
-        <option name="native-test-timeout" value="900000"/>
-    </test>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/SharedSecretAidlTest.cpp b/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/SharedSecretAidlTest.cpp
index 83f6ef3..8426120 100644
--- a/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/SharedSecretAidlTest.cpp
+++ b/security/sharedsecret/aidl/vts/functional/SharedSecretAidlTest.cpp
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@
     const vector<shared_ptr<ISharedSecret>>& allSharedSecrets() { return allSharedSecrets_; }
 
     static void SetUpTestCase() {
-        if (allSharedSecrets_.empty()) {
-            auto names = ::android::getAidlHalInstanceNames(ISharedSecret::descriptor);
-            for (const auto& name : names) {
-                auto servicePtr = getSharedSecretService(name.c_str());
-                if (servicePtr != nullptr) allSharedSecrets_.push_back(std::move(servicePtr));
-            }
+        ASSERT_TRUE(allSharedSecrets_.empty()) << "The Shared Secret vector is not empty.";
+        auto names = ::android::getAidlHalInstanceNames(ISharedSecret::descriptor);
+        for (const auto& name : names) {
+            auto servicePtr = getSharedSecretService(name.c_str());
+            if (servicePtr != nullptr) allSharedSecrets_.push_back(std::move(servicePtr));
         }
     }
+
     static void TearDownTestCase() {}
     void SetUp() override {}
     void TearDown() override {}
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
 
 TEST_F(SharedSecretAidlTest, GetParameters) {
     auto sharedSecrets = allSharedSecrets();
+    if (sharedSecrets.empty()) {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping the test because no shared secret service is found.";
+    }
     for (auto sharedSecret : sharedSecrets) {
         auto result1 = getSharedSecretParameters(sharedSecret);
         EXPECT_EQ(ErrorCode::OK, result1.error);
@@ -148,14 +151,18 @@
 }
 
 TEST_F(SharedSecretAidlTest, ComputeSharedSecret) {
+    auto sharedSecrets = allSharedSecrets();
+    if (sharedSecrets.empty()) {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping the test as no shared secret service is found.";
+    }
     auto params = getAllSharedSecretParameters();
-    ASSERT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), params.size())
+    ASSERT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), params.size())
             << "One or more shared secret services failed to provide parameters.";
     auto nonces = copyNonces(params);
-    EXPECT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), nonces.size());
+    EXPECT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), nonces.size());
     std::sort(nonces.begin(), nonces.end());
     std::unique(nonces.begin(), nonces.end());
-    EXPECT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), nonces.size());
+    EXPECT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), nonces.size());
 
     auto responses = computeAllSharedSecrets(params);
     ASSERT_GT(responses.size(), 0U);
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@
 
     // Do it a second time.  Should get the same answers.
     params = getAllSharedSecretParameters();
-    ASSERT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), params.size())
+    ASSERT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), params.size())
             << "One or more shared secret services failed to provide parameters.";
 
     responses = computeAllSharedSecrets(params);
@@ -188,10 +195,14 @@
 }
 
 TEST_F(SharedSecretAidlTest, ComputeSharedSecretCorruptNonce) {
+    auto sharedSecrets = allSharedSecrets();
+    if (sharedSecrets.empty()) {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping the test as no shared secret service is found.";
+    }
     auto fixup_hmac = finally([&]() { computeAllSharedSecrets(getAllSharedSecretParameters()); });
 
     auto params = getAllSharedSecretParameters();
-    ASSERT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), params.size())
+    ASSERT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), params.size())
             << "One or more shared secret services failed to provide parameters.";
 
     // All should be well in the normal case
@@ -224,9 +235,13 @@
 }
 
 TEST_F(SharedSecretAidlTest, ComputeSharedSecretCorruptSeed) {
+    auto sharedSecrets = allSharedSecrets();
+    if (sharedSecrets.empty()) {
+        GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping the test as no shared secret service is found.";
+    }
     auto fixup_hmac = finally([&]() { computeAllSharedSecrets(getAllSharedSecretParameters()); });
     auto params = getAllSharedSecretParameters();
-    ASSERT_EQ(allSharedSecrets().size(), params.size())
+    ASSERT_EQ(sharedSecrets.size(), params.size())
             << "One or more shared secret service failed to provide parameters.";
 
     // All should be well in the normal case