diff --git a/tests/perftests/how_to_run.txt b/tests/perftests/how_to_run.txt
index 3390522c2fd..f55a8ac4efd 100644
--- a/tests/perftests/how_to_run.txt
+++ b/tests/perftests/how_to_run.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 mmm -j8 frameworks/minikin/tests/perftests &&
-adb push $OUT/data/benchmarktest/minikin_perftests/minikin_perftests \
-    /data/benchmarktest/minikin_perftests/minikin_perftests &&
+adb sync data &&
 adb shell /data/benchmarktest/minikin_perftests/minikin_perftests
diff --git a/tests/unittest/how_to_run.txt b/tests/unittest/how_to_run.txt
index e94c904becf..20aa5ab31ed 100644
--- a/tests/unittest/how_to_run.txt
+++ b/tests/unittest/how_to_run.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 mmm -j8 frameworks/minikin/tests/unittest &&
-adb push $OUT/data/nativetest/minikin_tests /data/nativetest/ &&
+adb sync data &&
 adb shell /data/nativetest/minikin_tests/minikin_tests