diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
index acba00854fb..9e3c7d2da7f 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ fn test_invalid_arg() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn test_mode_after_dash_dash() {
     let (at, ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
     run_single_test(
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@ fn test_gnu_invalid_mode() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn test_gnu_options() {
     let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
     let at = &scene.fixtures;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index dfbbc1473a5..7a0743bd1c7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ fn test_cp_arg_interactive() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn test_cp_arg_interactive_update() {
     // -u -i won't show the prompt to validate the override or not
     // Therefore, the error code will be 0
@@ -1542,7 +1543,7 @@ fn test_cp_reflink_insufficient_permission() {
         .stderr_only("cp: 'unreadable' -> 'existing_file.txt': Permission denied (os error 13)\n");
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[test]
 fn test_closes_file_descriptors() {
     use procfs::process::Process;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs b/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
index 59940e2e3a6..1c75413702f 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ fn test_valid_arg_exponents() {
 
 #[test]
 #[cfg(feature = "sort")]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn test_parallel() {
     use crate::common::util::AtPath;
     use hex_literal::hex;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index a61db56b0f3..e66a405abbb 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ fn test_compress_merge() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 fn test_compress_fail() {
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
     TestScenario::new(util_name!())
diff --git a/util/android-commands.sh b/util/android-commands.sh
index ae579624322..668815f7d07 100755
--- a/util/android-commands.sh
+++ b/util/android-commands.sh
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ run_termux_command() {
     sleep 5
 
     local timeout=${timeout:-3600}
-    local retries=${retries:-3}
-    local sleep_interval=${sleep_interval:-5}
+    local retries=${retries:-10}
+    local sleep_interval=${sleep_interval:-10}
     try_fix=3
+    echo "run_termux_command with timeout=$timeout / retries=$retries / sleep_interval=$sleep_interval"
     while ! adb shell "ls $probe" 2>/dev/null; do
         echo -n "Waiting for $probe: "
 
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ snapshot() {
     # We need to install nextest via cargo currently, since there is no pre-built binary for android x86
     command="'\
 export CARGO_TERM_COLOR=always; \
-cargo install cargo-nextest; \
+# build fails for now (https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest/issues/862): cargo install cargo-nextest; \
 echo \$? > $probe'"
     run_termux_command "$command" "$probe"
     return_code=$?
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ pwd; \
 command -v rustc && rustc -Vv; \
 ls -la ~/.cargo/bin; \
 cargo --list; \
-cargo nextest --version; \
+#cargo nextest --version; \
 touch $probe'"
     run_termux_command "$command" "$probe"
 
@@ -328,9 +329,7 @@ tests() {
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1; \
 export CARGO_TERM_COLOR=always; \
 export CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0; \
-cd ~/coreutils; \
-timeout --preserve-status --verbose -k 1m 60m \
-    cargo nextest run --profile ci --hide-progress-bar --features feat_os_unix_android; \
+cd ~/coreutils && cargo test --features feat_os_unix_android; \
 echo \$? >$probe'"
     run_termux_command "$command" "$probe" || return