diff --git a/tests/common/AndroidTest_Coverage.xml b/tests/common/AndroidTest_Coverage.xml
index 7c8e710053..d4898b2293 100644
--- a/tests/common/AndroidTest_Coverage.xml
+++ b/tests/common/AndroidTest_Coverage.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     </target_preparer>
 
     <option name="test-tag" value="ConnectivityCoverageTests" />
+    <!-- Tethering/Connectivity is a SDK 30+ module -->
+    <object type="module_controller" class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.suite.module.Sdk30ModuleController" />
     <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="mainline-param" value="CaptivePortalLoginGoogle.apk+NetworkStackGoogle.apk+com.google.android.resolv.apex+com.google.android.tethering.apex" />
     <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.AndroidJUnitTest" >
         <option name="package" value="com.android.connectivity.tests.coverage" />
diff --git a/tests/native/Android.bp b/tests/native/Android.bp
index cd438f66c2..fc87815bb3 100644
--- a/tests/native/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/native/Android.bp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ cc_test {
         "mts-tethering",
         "vts",
     ],
+    test_config_template: "AndroidTestTemplate.xml",
     min_sdk_version: "31",
-    require_root: true,
     tidy: false,
     srcs: [
         "connectivity_native_test.cpp",
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ cc_test {
         "libutils",
     ],
     compile_multilib: "first",
-    defaults: ["connectivity-mainline-presubmit-cc-defaults"],
 }
diff --git a/tests/native/AndroidTestTemplate.xml b/tests/native/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44e35a93da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/native/AndroidTestTemplate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<configuration description="Configuration for connectivity {MODULE} tests">
+    <option name="test-suite-tag" value="mts" />
+    <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="mainline-param" value="CaptivePortalLoginGoogle.apk+NetworkStackGoogle.apk+com.google.android.resolv.apex+com.google.android.tethering.apex" />
+    <!-- The tested code is only part of a SDK 30+ module (Tethering) -->
+    <object type="module_controller" class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.suite.module.Sdk30ModuleController" />
+
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer"/>
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.compatibility.common.tradefed.targetprep.FilePusher">
+        <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
+        <option name="push" value="{MODULE}->/data/local/tmp/{MODULE}" />
+    </target_preparer>
+    <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
+        <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />
+        <option name="module-name" value="{MODULE}" />
+    </test>
+</configuration>