diff --git a/compos/tests/java/android/compos/test/ComposTestCase.java b/compos/tests/java/android/compos/test/ComposTestCase.java
index 6773eb7..eec9e39 100644
--- a/compos/tests/java/android/compos/test/ComposTestCase.java
+++ b/compos/tests/java/android/compos/test/ComposTestCase.java
@@ -182,15 +182,8 @@
     private void killVmAndReconnectAdb() throws Exception {
         CommandRunner android = new CommandRunner(getDevice());
 
-        // When a VM exits, we tend to see adb disconnecting. So we attempt to reconnect
-        // when we kill it to avoid problems. Of course VirtualizationService may exit anyway
-        // (it's an on-demand service and all its clients have gone), taking the VM with it,
-        // which makes this a bit unpredictable.
-        reconnectHostAdb(getDevice());
         android.tryRun("killall", "crosvm");
-        reconnectHostAdb(getDevice());
         android.tryRun("stop", "virtualizationservice");
-        reconnectHostAdb(getDevice());
 
         // Delete stale data
         android.tryRun("rm", "-rf", "/data/misc/virtualizationservice/*");
diff --git a/tests/hostside/helper/java/android/virt/test/VirtualizationTestCaseBase.java b/tests/hostside/helper/java/android/virt/test/VirtualizationTestCaseBase.java
index cd4a221..d5c5d62 100644
--- a/tests/hostside/helper/java/android/virt/test/VirtualizationTestCaseBase.java
+++ b/tests/hostside/helper/java/android/virt/test/VirtualizationTestCaseBase.java
@@ -82,28 +82,12 @@
         // disconnect from microdroid
         tryRunOnHost("adb", "disconnect", MICRODROID_SERIAL);
 
-        reconnectHostAdb(androidDevice);
-
         // kill stale VMs and directories
         android.tryRun("killall", "crosvm");
         android.tryRun("stop", "virtualizationservice");
         android.tryRun("rm", "-rf", "/data/misc/virtualizationservice/*");
     }
 
-    public static void reconnectHostAdb(ITestDevice androidDevice)
-            throws DeviceNotAvailableException {
-        CommandRunner android = new CommandRunner(androidDevice);
-
-        // Make sure we're connected to the host adb; this connection seems to get dropped when a VM
-        // exits.
-        for (int retry = 0; retry < 10; ++retry) {
-            if (android.tryRun("true") != null) {
-                break;
-            }
-            androidDevice.waitForDeviceOnline(1000);
-        }
-    }
-
     public static void testIfDeviceIsCapable(ITestDevice androidDevice) throws Exception {
         assumeTrue("Need an actual TestDevice", androidDevice instanceof TestDevice);
         TestDevice testDevice = (TestDevice) androidDevice;