diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.cpp
index bd78f2ec228..daecd468f99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.cpp
@@ -15,55 +15,46 @@ using namespace Utils;
 namespace Qnx::Internal {
 
 QnxDeviceTester::QnxDeviceTester(QObject *parent)
-    : ProjectExplorer::DeviceTester(parent)
-{
-    m_genericTester = new RemoteLinux::GenericLinuxDeviceTester(this);
-    connect(m_genericTester, &DeviceTester::progressMessage,
-            this, &DeviceTester::progressMessage);
-    connect(m_genericTester, &DeviceTester::errorMessage,
-            this, &DeviceTester::errorMessage);
-    connect(m_genericTester, &DeviceTester::finished,
-            this, &QnxDeviceTester::finished);
-}
-
-static QStringList versionSpecificCommandsToTest(int versionNumber)
-{
-    if (versionNumber > 0x060500)
-        return {"slog2info"};
-    return {};
-}
+    : RemoteLinux::GenericLinuxDeviceTester(parent)
+{}
 
 void QnxDeviceTester::testDevice(const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr &device)
 {
-    static const QStringList s_commandsToTest = {"awk",
-                                                 "cat",
-                                                 "cut",
-                                                 "df",
-                                                 "grep",
-                                                 "kill",
-                                                 "netstat",
-                                                 "mkdir",
-                                                 "print",
-                                                 "printf",
-                                                 "pidin",
-                                                 "read",
-                                                 "rm",
-                                                 "sed",
-                                                 "sleep",
-                                                 "tail",
-                                                 "uname"};
-    m_device = device;
-    QnxDevice::ConstPtr qnxDevice = m_device.dynamicCast<const QnxDevice>();
-    m_genericTester->setExtraCommandsToTest(
-                s_commandsToTest + versionSpecificCommandsToTest(qnxDevice->qnxVersion()));
+    QStringList commandsToTest = {
+        "awk",
+        "cat",
+        "cut",
+        "df",
+        "grep",
+        "kill",
+        "netstat",
+        "mkdir",
+        "print",
+        "printf",
+        "pidin",
+        "read",
+        "rm",
+        "sed",
+        "sleep",
+        "tail",
+        "uname"
+    };
+
+    QnxDevice::ConstPtr qnxDevice = device.dynamicCast<const QnxDevice>();
+    QTC_ASSERT(qnxDevice, return);
+
+    if (qnxDevice->qnxVersion() > 0x060500)
+        commandsToTest.append("slog2info");
+
+    setExtraCommandsToTest(commandsToTest);
 
     using namespace Tasking;
 
-    auto setupHandler = [this](QtcProcess &process) {
+    auto setupHandler = [device, this](QtcProcess &process) {
         emit progressMessage(Tr::tr("Checking that files can be created in %1...")
                 .arg(Constants::QNX_TMP_DIR));
         const QString pidFile = QString("%1/qtc_xxxx.pid").arg(Constants::QNX_TMP_DIR);
-        const CommandLine cmd(m_device->filePath("/bin/sh"),
+        const CommandLine cmd(device->filePath("/bin/sh"),
             {"-c", QLatin1String("rm %1 > /dev/null 2>&1; echo ABC > %1 && rm %1").arg(pidFile)});
         process.setCommand(cmd);
     };
@@ -77,14 +68,9 @@ void QnxDeviceTester::testDevice(const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr &device)
                 : Tr::tr("Files cannot be created in %1.").arg(Constants::QNX_TMP_DIR);
         emit errorMessage(message + '\n');
     };
-    m_genericTester->setExtraTests({Process(setupHandler, doneHandler, errorHandler)});
+    setExtraTests({Process(setupHandler, doneHandler, errorHandler)});
 
-    m_genericTester->testDevice(device);
-}
-
-void QnxDeviceTester::stopTest()
-{
-    m_genericTester->stopTest();
+    RemoteLinux::GenericLinuxDeviceTester::testDevice(device);
 }
 
 } // Qnx::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.h b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.h
index d23428b3532..f8fc4be8821 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevicetester.h
@@ -7,17 +7,12 @@
 
 namespace Qnx::Internal {
 
-class QnxDeviceTester : public ProjectExplorer::DeviceTester
+class QnxDeviceTester : public RemoteLinux::GenericLinuxDeviceTester
 {
 public:
     explicit QnxDeviceTester(QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
     void testDevice(const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr &device) override;
-    void stopTest() override;
-
-private:
-    RemoteLinux::GenericLinuxDeviceTester *m_genericTester = nullptr;
-    ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr m_device;
 };
 
 } // Qnx::Internal