diff --git a/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ConnectivityDiagnosticsCollector.kt b/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ConnectivityDiagnosticsCollector.kt
index 4b9429b34a..c7d6850625 100644
--- a/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ConnectivityDiagnosticsCollector.kt
+++ b/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ConnectivityDiagnosticsCollector.kt
@@ -430,32 +430,19 @@ class ConnectivityDiagnosticsCollector : BaseMetricListener() {
      * @param dumpsysCmd The dumpsys command to run (for example "connectivity").
      * @param exceptionContext An exception to write a stacktrace to the dump for context.
      */
-    fun collectDumpsys(dumpsysCmd: String, exceptionContext: Throwable? = null) =
-        collectCommandOutput("dumpsys $dumpsysCmd", exceptionContext = exceptionContext)
-
-    /**
-     * Add the output of a command to the test data dump.
-     *
-     * <p>The output will be collected immediately, and exported to a test artifact file when the
-     * test ends.
-     * @param cmd The command to run. Stdout of the command will be collected.
-     * @param shell The shell to run the command in.
-     * @param exceptionContext An exception to write a stacktrace to the dump for context.
-     */
-    fun collectCommandOutput(
-        cmd: String,
-        shell: String = "sh",
-        exceptionContext: Throwable? = null
-    ) {
-        Log.i(TAG, "Collecting '$cmd' for test artifacts")
+    fun collectDumpsys(dumpsysCmd: String, exceptionContext: Throwable? = null) {
+        Log.i(TAG, "Collecting dumpsys $dumpsysCmd for test artifacts")
         PrintWriter(buffer).let {
-            it.println("--- $cmd at ${ZonedDateTime.now()} ---")
+            it.println("--- Dumpsys $dumpsysCmd at ${ZonedDateTime.now()} ---")
             maybeWriteExceptionContext(it, exceptionContext)
             it.flush()
         }
-
-        runCommandInShell(cmd, shell) { stdout, _ ->
-            stdout.copyTo(buffer)
+        ParcelFileDescriptor.AutoCloseInputStream(
+            InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().uiAutomation.executeShellCommand(
+                "dumpsys $dumpsysCmd"
+            )
+        ).use {
+            it.copyTo(buffer)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ShellUtil.kt b/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ShellUtil.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index fadc2ab4e3..0000000000
--- a/staticlibs/testutils/devicetests/com/android/testutils/ShellUtil.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2025 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.
- */
-
-@file:JvmName("ShellUtil")
-
-package com.android.testutils
-
-import android.app.UiAutomation
-import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor.AutoCloseInputStream
-import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor.AutoCloseOutputStream
-import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
-import java.io.InputStream
-
-/**
- * Run a command in a shell.
- *
- * Compared to [UiAutomation.executeShellCommand], this allows running commands with pipes and
- * redirections. [UiAutomation.executeShellCommand] splits the command on spaces regardless of
- * quotes, so it is not able to run commands like `sh -c "echo 123 > some_file"`.
- *
- * @param cmd Shell command to run.
- * @param shell Command used to run the shell.
- * @param outputProcessor Function taking stdout, stderr as argument. The streams will be closed
- *                        when this function returns.
- * @return Result of [outputProcessor].
- */
-fun <T> runCommandInShell(
-    cmd: String,
-    shell: String = "sh",
-    outputProcessor: (InputStream, InputStream) -> T,
-): T {
-    val (stdout, stdin, stderr) = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().uiAutomation
-        .executeShellCommandRwe(shell)
-    AutoCloseOutputStream(stdin).bufferedWriter().use { it.write(cmd) }
-    AutoCloseInputStream(stdout).use { outStream ->
-        AutoCloseInputStream(stderr).use { errStream ->
-            return outputProcessor(outStream, errStream)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Run a command in a shell.
- *
- * Overload of [runCommandInShell] that reads and returns stdout as String.
- */
-fun runCommandInShell(
-    cmd: String,
-    shell: String = "sh",
-) = runCommandInShell(cmd, shell) { stdout, _ ->
-    stdout.reader().use { it.readText() }
-}
-
-/**
- * Run a command in a root shell.
- *
- * This is generally only usable on devices on which [DeviceInfoUtils.isDebuggable] is true.
- * @see runCommandInShell
- */
-fun runCommandInRootShell(
-    cmd: String
-) = runCommandInShell(cmd, shell = "su root sh")