diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractremotelinuxdeployservice.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractremotelinuxdeployservice.h
index c59a77fd4c4..3d63136fa74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractremotelinuxdeployservice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractremotelinuxdeployservice.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ protected:
     virtual void doDeviceSetup() { handleDeviceSetupDone(true); }
     virtual void stopDeviceSetup() { handleDeviceSetupDone(false); }
 
+    void setFinished();
+
 private:
     void handleConnected();
     void handleConnectionFailure();
@@ -115,7 +117,6 @@ private:
     virtual void doDeploy() = 0;
     virtual void stopDeployment() = 0;
 
-    void setFinished();
 
     Internal::AbstractRemoteLinuxDeployServicePrivate * const d;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 74d9e4586f0..874ae4386ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,20 @@ QString LinuxDevice::userAtHost() const
     return sshParameters().userName() + '@' + sshParameters().host();
 }
 
+FilePath LinuxDevice::mapToGlobalPath(const FilePath &pathOnDevice) const
+{
+    if (pathOnDevice.needsDevice()) {
+        // Already correct form, only sanity check it's ours...
+        QTC_CHECK(handlesFile(pathOnDevice));
+        return pathOnDevice;
+    }
+    FilePath result;
+    result.setScheme("ssh");
+    result.setHost(userAtHost());
+    result.setPath(pathOnDevice.path());
+    return result;
+}
+
 bool LinuxDevice::handlesFile(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
     return filePath.scheme() == "ssh" && filePath.host() == userAtHost();
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
index 00498dcc2a0..4f728fdfbb9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceEnvironmentFetcher::Ptr environmentFetcher() const override;
 
     QString userAtHost() const;
+    Utils::FilePath mapToGlobalPath(const Utils::FilePath &pathOnDevice) const override;
+
     bool handlesFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
     bool isExecutableFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
     bool isReadableFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
index 4f75d409557..9cb6340d868 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@
 #include <ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.h>
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
 
+#include <QScopeGuard>
+
 namespace RemoteLinux {
 namespace Internal {
 class RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceServicePrivate
 {
 public:
     QString pathToCheck;
-    quint64 requiredSpaceInBytes;
-    QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner *processRunner;
+    quint64 requiredSpaceInBytes = 0;
 };
 } // namespace Internal
 
@@ -43,13 +44,10 @@ RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService
         : AbstractRemoteLinuxDeployService(parent),
           d(new Internal::RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceServicePrivate)
 {
-    d->processRunner = nullptr;
-    d->requiredSpaceInBytes = 0;
 }
 
 RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::~RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService()
 {
-    cleanup();
     delete d;
 }
 
@@ -63,44 +61,31 @@ void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::setRequiredSpaceInBytes(quint64 si
     d->requiredSpaceInBytes = sizeInBytes;
 }
 
-void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::handleStdErr()
+void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::deployAndFinish()
 {
-    emit stdErrData(QString::fromUtf8(d->processRunner->readAllStandardError()));
-}
-
-void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::handleProcessFinished()
-{
-    if (!d->processRunner->processErrorString().isEmpty()) {
-        emit errorMessage(tr("Remote process failed: %1")
-                          .arg(d->processRunner->processErrorString()));
-        stopDeployment();
-        return;
-
-    }
-
-    bool isNumber;
-    QByteArray processOutput = d->processRunner->readAllStandardOutput();
-    processOutput.chop(1); // newline
-    quint64 freeSpace = processOutput.toULongLong(&isNumber);
-    quint64 requiredSpaceInMegaBytes = d->requiredSpaceInBytes / (1024 * 1024);
-    if (!isNumber) {
-        emit errorMessage(tr("Unexpected output from remote process: \"%1\"")
-                .arg(QString::fromUtf8(processOutput)));
-        stopDeployment();
+    auto cleanup = qScopeGuard([this] { setFinished(); });
+    const Utils::FilePath path
+            = deviceConfiguration()->mapToGlobalPath(Utils::FilePath::fromString(d->pathToCheck));
+    const quint64 freeSpace = path.bytesAvailable();
+    if (freeSpace < 0) {
+        emit errorMessage(tr("Can't get the info about the free disk space for \"%1\"")
+                .arg(path.toUserOutput()));
         return;
     }
 
-    freeSpace /= 1024; // convert kilobyte to megabyte
-    if (freeSpace < requiredSpaceInMegaBytes) {
+    const quint64 mb = 1024 * 1024;
+    const quint64 freeSpaceMB = freeSpace / mb;
+    const quint64 requiredSpaceMB = d->requiredSpaceInBytes / mb;
+
+    if (freeSpaceMB < requiredSpaceMB) {
         emit errorMessage(tr("The remote file system has only %n megabytes of free space, "
-                "but %1 megabytes are required.", nullptr, freeSpace).arg(requiredSpaceInMegaBytes));
-        stopDeployment();
+                "but %1 megabytes are required.", nullptr, freeSpaceMB)
+                          .arg(requiredSpaceMB));
         return;
     }
 
     emit progressMessage(tr("The remote file system has %n megabytes of free space, going ahead.",
-                            nullptr, freeSpace));
-    stopDeployment();
+                            nullptr, freeSpaceMB));
 }
 
 CheckResult RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::isDeploymentPossible() const
@@ -114,32 +99,4 @@ CheckResult RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::isDeploymentPossible() cons
     return AbstractRemoteLinuxDeployService::isDeploymentPossible();
 }
 
-void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::doDeploy()
-{
-    d->processRunner = new QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner;
-    connect(d->processRunner, &QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner::processClosed,
-            this, &RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::handleProcessFinished);
-    connect(d->processRunner, &QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner::readyReadStandardError,
-            this, &RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::handleStdErr);
-    const QString command = QString::fromLatin1("df -k %1 |tail -n 1 |sed 's/  */ /g' "
-            "|cut -d ' ' -f 4").arg(d->pathToCheck);
-    d->processRunner->run(command, deviceConfiguration()->sshParameters());
-}
-
-void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::stopDeployment()
-{
-    cleanup();
-    handleDeploymentDone();
-}
-
-void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::cleanup()
-{
-    if (d->processRunner) {
-        disconnect(d->processRunner, nullptr, this, nullptr);
-        d->processRunner->cancel();
-        delete d->processRunner;
-        d->processRunner = nullptr;
-    }
-}
-
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.h
index 6e81520df60..3d565d37d7b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.h
@@ -42,16 +42,15 @@ public:
     void setRequiredSpaceInBytes(quint64 sizeInBytes);
 
 private:
-    void handleStdErr();
-    void handleProcessFinished();
-
+    void deployAndFinish();
     bool isDeploymentNecessary() const override { return true; }
 
     CheckResult isDeploymentPossible() const override;
-    void doDeploy() override;
-    void stopDeployment() override;
+    void doDeviceSetup() final { deployAndFinish(); }
+    void stopDeviceSetup() final { }
 
-    void cleanup();
+    void doDeploy() final {};
+    void stopDeployment() final {};
 
     Internal::RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceServicePrivate * const d;
 };