diff --git a/scripts/release-testing/test-e2e-local.js b/scripts/release-testing/test-e2e-local.js
index 7698b1427ea..25f2a66e9b9 100644
--- a/scripts/release-testing/test-e2e-local.js
+++ b/scripts/release-testing/test-e2e-local.js
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ async function testRNTesterAndroid(
   launchPackagerInSeparateWindow(pwd().toString());
 
   // Wait for the Android Emulator to be properly loaded and bootstrapped
-  exec(
-    "adb wait-for-device shell 'while [[ -z $(getprop sys.boot_completed) ]]; do sleep 1; done; input keyevent 82'",
-  );
+  exec("adb wait-for-device");
 
   if (ciArtifacts != null) {
     const downloadPath = path.join(ciArtifacts.baseTmpPath(), 'rntester.zip');