diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
index acd5474..ef00845 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         self.logger = logger
         self._registry = {}
         self._registry['cases'] = collections.OrderedDict()
-        self._results = {}
 
     def _read_modules_from_manifest(self, manifest):
         if not os.path.exists(manifest):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/depends.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/depends.py
index baa0434..69c604d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/depends.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/depends.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from unittest import SkipTest
 
-from oeqa.core.threaded import OETestRunnerThreaded
 from oeqa.core.exception import OEQADependency
 
 from . import OETestDiscover, registerDecorator
@@ -64,16 +63,10 @@
     return [cases[case_id] for case_id in cases_ordered]
 
 def _skipTestDependency(case, depends):
-    if isinstance(case.tc.runner, OETestRunnerThreaded):
-        import threading
-        results = case.tc._results[threading.get_ident()]
-    else:
-        results = case.tc._results
-
     skipReasons = ['errors', 'failures', 'skipped']
 
     for reason in skipReasons:
-        for test, _ in results[reason]:
+        for test, _ in getattr(case.tc.results, reason):
             if test.id() in depends:
                 raise SkipTest("Test case %s depends on %s and was in %s." \
                         % (case.id(), test.id(), reason))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/oetimeout.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/oetimeout.py
index f85e7d9..a247583 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/oetimeout.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/oetimeout.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
 # Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
 
-from . import OETestDecorator, registerDecorator
-
 import signal
-from threading import Timer
-
-from oeqa.core.threaded import OETestRunnerThreaded
+from . import OETestDecorator, registerDecorator
 from oeqa.core.exception import OEQATimeoutError
 
 @registerDecorator
@@ -14,32 +10,16 @@
     attrs = ('oetimeout',)
 
     def setUpDecorator(self):
-        self.logger.debug("Setting up a %d second(s) timeout" % self.oetimeout)
-
-        if isinstance(self.case.tc.runner, OETestRunnerThreaded):
-            self.timeouted = False
-            def _timeoutHandler():
-                self.timeouted = True
-
-            self.timer = Timer(self.oetimeout, _timeoutHandler)
-            self.timer.start()
-        else:
-            timeout = self.oetimeout
-            def _timeoutHandler(signum, frame):
-                raise OEQATimeoutError("Timed out after %s "
+        timeout = self.oetimeout
+        def _timeoutHandler(signum, frame):
+            raise OEQATimeoutError("Timed out after %s "
                     "seconds of execution" % timeout)
 
-            self.alarmSignal = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, _timeoutHandler)
-            signal.alarm(self.oetimeout)
+        self.logger.debug("Setting up a %d second(s) timeout" % self.oetimeout)
+        self.alarmSignal = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, _timeoutHandler)
+        signal.alarm(self.oetimeout)
 
     def tearDownDecorator(self):
-        if isinstance(self.case.tc.runner, OETestRunnerThreaded):
-            self.timer.cancel()
-            self.logger.debug("Removed Timer handler")
-            if self.timeouted:
-                raise OEQATimeoutError("Timed out after %s "
-                    "seconds of execution" % self.oetimeout)
-        else:
-            signal.alarm(0)
-            signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.alarmSignal)
-            self.logger.debug("Removed SIGALRM handler")
+        signal.alarm(0)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.alarmSignal)
+        self.logger.debug("Removed SIGALRM handler")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/loader.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/loader.py
index 98fc0f6..2255cf1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/loader.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/loader.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Generate the function definition because this differ across python versions
 # Python >= 3.4.4 uses tree parameters instead four but for example Python 3.5.3
 # ueses four parameters so isn't incremental.
-_failed_test_args = inspect.getargspec(unittest.loader._make_failed_test).args
+_failed_test_args = inspect.getfullargspec(unittest.loader._make_failed_test).args
 exec("""def _make_failed_test(%s): raise exception""" % ', '.join(_failed_test_args))
 unittest.loader._make_failed_test = _make_failed_test
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
index 13cdf5b..f8bb23f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
@@ -6,17 +6,10 @@
 import unittest
 import logging
 import re
+import json
 
-xmlEnabled = False
-try:
-    import xmlrunner
-    from xmlrunner.result import _XMLTestResult as _TestResult
-    from xmlrunner.runner import XMLTestRunner as _TestRunner
-    xmlEnabled = True
-except ImportError:
-    # use the base runner instead
-    from unittest import TextTestResult as _TestResult
-    from unittest import TextTestRunner as _TestRunner
+from unittest import TextTestResult as _TestResult
+from unittest import TextTestRunner as _TestRunner
 
 class OEStreamLogger(object):
     def __init__(self, logger):
@@ -42,8 +35,12 @@
     def __init__(self, tc, *args, **kwargs):
         super(OETestResult, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+        self.successes = []
+
+        # Inject into tc so that TestDepends decorator can see results
+        tc.results = self
+
         self.tc = tc
-        self._tc_map_results()
 
     def startTest(self, test):
         # Allow us to trigger the testcase buffer mode on a per test basis
@@ -53,12 +50,6 @@
             self.buffer = test.buffer
         super(OETestResult, self).startTest(test)
 
-    def _tc_map_results(self):
-        self.tc._results['failures'] = self.failures
-        self.tc._results['errors'] = self.errors
-        self.tc._results['skipped'] = self.skipped
-        self.tc._results['expectedFailures'] = self.expectedFailures
-
     def logSummary(self, component, context_msg=''):
         elapsed_time = self.tc._run_end_time - self.tc._run_start_time
         self.tc.logger.info("SUMMARY:")
@@ -70,67 +61,60 @@
             msg = "%s - OK - All required tests passed" % component
         else:
             msg = "%s - FAIL - Required tests failed" % component
-        skipped = len(self.tc._results['skipped'])
-        if skipped: 
-            msg += " (skipped=%d)" % skipped
+        msg += " (successes=%d, skipped=%d, failures=%d, errors=%d)" % (len(self.successes), len(self.skipped), len(self.failures), len(self.errors))
         self.tc.logger.info(msg)
 
-    def _getDetailsNotPassed(self, case, type, desc):
-        found = False
+    def _getTestResultDetails(self, case):
+        result_types = {'failures': 'FAILED', 'errors': 'ERROR', 'skipped': 'SKIPPED',
+                        'expectedFailures': 'EXPECTEDFAIL', 'successes': 'PASSED'}
 
-        for (scase, msg) in self.tc._results[type]:
-            # XXX: When XML reporting is enabled scase is
-            # xmlrunner.result._TestInfo instance instead of
-            # string.
-            if xmlEnabled:
-                if case.id() == scase.test_id:
+        for rtype in result_types:
+            found = False
+            for (scase, msg) in getattr(self, rtype):
+                if case.id() == scase.id():
                     found = True
                     break
-                scase_str = scase.test_id
-            else:
-                if case == scase:
-                    found = True
-                    break
-                scase_str = str(scase)
+                scase_str = str(scase.id())
 
-            # When fails at module or class level the class name is passed as string
-            # so figure out to see if match
-            m = re.search("^setUpModule \((?P<module_name>.*)\)$", scase_str)
-            if m:
-                if case.__class__.__module__ == m.group('module_name'):
-                    found = True
-                    break
+                # When fails at module or class level the class name is passed as string
+                # so figure out to see if match
+                m = re.search("^setUpModule \((?P<module_name>.*)\)$", scase_str)
+                if m:
+                    if case.__class__.__module__ == m.group('module_name'):
+                        found = True
+                        break
 
-            m = re.search("^setUpClass \((?P<class_name>.*)\)$", scase_str)
-            if m:
-                class_name = "%s.%s" % (case.__class__.__module__,
-                        case.__class__.__name__)
+                m = re.search("^setUpClass \((?P<class_name>.*)\)$", scase_str)
+                if m:
+                    class_name = "%s.%s" % (case.__class__.__module__,
+                                            case.__class__.__name__)
 
-                if class_name == m.group('class_name'):
-                    found = True
-                    break
+                    if class_name == m.group('class_name'):
+                        found = True
+                        break
 
-        if found:
-            return (found, msg)
+            if found:
+                return result_types[rtype], msg
 
-        return (found, None)
+        return 'UNKNOWN', None
 
-    def logDetails(self):
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        #Added so we can keep track of successes too
+        self.successes.append((test, None))
+        super(OETestResult, self).addSuccess(test)
+
+    def logDetails(self, json_file_dir=None, configuration=None, result_id=None):
         self.tc.logger.info("RESULTS:")
+
+        result = {}
+        logs = {}
+        if hasattr(self.tc, "extraresults"):
+            result = self.tc.extraresults
+
         for case_name in self.tc._registry['cases']:
             case = self.tc._registry['cases'][case_name]
 
-            result_types = ['failures', 'errors', 'skipped', 'expectedFailures']
-            result_desc = ['FAILED', 'ERROR', 'SKIPPED', 'EXPECTEDFAIL']
-
-            fail = False
-            desc = None
-            for idx, name in enumerate(result_types):
-                (fail, msg) = self._getDetailsNotPassed(case, result_types[idx],
-                        result_desc[idx])
-                if fail:
-                    desc = result_desc[idx]
-                    break
+            (status, log) = self._getTestResultDetails(case)
 
             oeid = -1
             if hasattr(case, 'decorators'):
@@ -138,12 +122,27 @@
                     if hasattr(d, 'oeid'):
                         oeid = d.oeid
 
-            if fail:
-                self.tc.logger.info("RESULTS - %s - Testcase %s: %s" % (case.id(),
-                    oeid, desc))
+            if status not in logs:
+                logs[status] = []
+            logs[status].append("RESULTS - %s - Testcase %s: %s" % (case.id(), oeid, status))
+            if log:
+                result[case.id()] = {'status': status, 'log': log}
             else:
-                self.tc.logger.info("RESULTS - %s - Testcase %s: %s" % (case.id(),
-                    oeid, 'PASSED'))
+                result[case.id()] = {'status': status}
+
+        for i in ['PASSED', 'SKIPPED', 'EXPECTEDFAIL', 'ERROR', 'FAILED', 'UNKNOWN']:
+            if i not in logs:
+                continue
+            for l in logs[i]:
+                self.tc.logger.info(l)
+
+        if json_file_dir:
+            tresultjsonhelper = OETestResultJSONHelper()
+            tresultjsonhelper.dump_testresult_file(json_file_dir, configuration, result_id, result)
+
+    def wasSuccessful(self):
+        # Override as we unexpected successes aren't failures for us
+        return (len(self.failures) == len(self.errors) == 0)
 
 class OEListTestsResult(object):
     def wasSuccessful(self):
@@ -153,33 +152,14 @@
     streamLoggerClass = OEStreamLogger
 
     def __init__(self, tc, *args, **kwargs):
-        if xmlEnabled:
-            if not kwargs.get('output'):
-                kwargs['output'] = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),
-                        'TestResults_%s_%s' % (time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"), os.getpid()))
-
         kwargs['stream'] = self.streamLoggerClass(tc.logger)
         super(OETestRunner, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.tc = tc
         self.resultclass = OETestResult
 
-    # XXX: The unittest-xml-reporting package defines _make_result method instead
-    # of _makeResult standard on unittest.
-    if xmlEnabled:
-        def _make_result(self):
-            """
-            Creates a TestResult object which will be used to store
-            information about the executed tests.
-            """
-            # override in subclasses if necessary.
-            return self.resultclass(self.tc,
-                self.stream, self.descriptions, self.verbosity, self.elapsed_times
-            )
-    else:
-        def _makeResult(self):
-            return self.resultclass(self.tc, self.stream, self.descriptions,
-                    self.verbosity)
-
+    def _makeResult(self):
+        return self.resultclass(self.tc, self.stream, self.descriptions,
+                self.verbosity)
 
     def _walk_suite(self, suite, func):
         for obj in suite:
@@ -275,3 +255,29 @@
             self._list_tests_module(suite)
 
         return OEListTestsResult()
+
+class OETestResultJSONHelper(object):
+
+    testresult_filename = 'testresults.json'
+
+    def _get_existing_testresults_if_available(self, write_dir):
+        testresults = {}
+        file = os.path.join(write_dir, self.testresult_filename)
+        if os.path.exists(file):
+            with open(file, "r") as f:
+                testresults = json.load(f)
+        return testresults
+
+    def _write_file(self, write_dir, file_name, file_content):
+        file_path = os.path.join(write_dir, file_name)
+        with open(file_path, 'w') as the_file:
+            the_file.write(file_content)
+
+    def dump_testresult_file(self, write_dir, configuration, result_id, test_result):
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(write_dir)
+        lf = bb.utils.lockfile(os.path.join(write_dir, 'jsontestresult.lock'))
+        test_results = self._get_existing_testresults_if_available(write_dir)
+        test_results[result_id] = {'configuration': configuration, 'result': test_result}
+        json_testresults = json.dumps(test_results, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+        self._write_file(write_dir, self.testresult_filename, json_testresults)
+        bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe4cb3..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
-# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
-
-from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
-
-class ThreadedTest(OETestCase):
-    def test_threaded_no_depends(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
-
-class ThreadedTest2(OETestCase):
-    def test_threaded_same_module(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_alone.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_alone.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 905f397..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_alone.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
-# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
-
-from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
-
-class ThreadedTestAlone(OETestCase):
-    def test_threaded_alone(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_depends.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_depends.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c158d3..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_depends.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
-# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
-
-from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
-from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
-
-class ThreadedTest3(OETestCase):
-    @OETestDepends(['threaded.ThreadedTest.test_threaded_no_depends'])
-    def test_threaded_depends(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_module.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_module.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 63d17e0..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/cases/loader/threaded/threaded_module.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
-# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
-
-from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
-
-class ThreadedTestModule(OETestCase):
-    def test_threaded_module(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
-
-class ThreadedTestModule2(OETestCase):
-    def test_threaded_module2(self):
-        self.assertTrue(True, msg='How is this possible?')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/common.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/common.py
index 1932323..52b18a1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/common.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/common.py
@@ -33,13 +33,3 @@
         tc.loadTests(self.cases_path, modules=modules, tests=tests,
                      filters=filters)
         return tc
-
-    def _testLoaderThreaded(self, d={}, modules=[],
-            tests=[], filters={}):
-        from oeqa.core.threaded import OETestContextThreaded
-
-        tc = OETestContextThreaded(d, self.logger)
-        tc.loadTests(self.cases_path, modules=modules, tests=tests,
-                     filters=filters)
-
-        return tc
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_data.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_data.py
index 320468c..21b6c68 100755
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_data.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
         tc = self._testLoader(modules=self.modules)
         self.assertEqual(False, tc.runTests().wasSuccessful())
-        for test, data in tc._results['errors']:
+        for test, data in tc.errors:
             expect = False
             if expectedException in data:
                 expect = True
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
         tc = self._testLoader(d=d, modules=self.modules)
         self.assertEqual(False, tc.runTests().wasSuccessful())
-        for test, data in tc._results['failures']:
+        for test, data in tc.failures:
             expect = False
             if expectedError in data:
                 expect = True
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_decorators.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_decorators.py
index cf99e0d..f7d11e8 100755
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -131,17 +131,5 @@
         msg = "OETestTimeout didn't restore SIGALRM"
         self.assertIs(alarm_signal, signal.getsignal(signal.SIGALRM), msg=msg)
 
-    def test_timeout_thread(self):
-        tests = ['timeout.TimeoutTest.testTimeoutPass']
-        msg = 'Failed to run test using OETestTimeout'
-        tc = self._testLoaderThreaded(modules=self.modules, tests=tests)
-        self.assertTrue(tc.runTests().wasSuccessful(), msg=msg)
-
-    def test_timeout_threaded_fail(self):
-        tests = ['timeout.TimeoutTest.testTimeoutFail']
-        msg = "OETestTimeout test didn't timeout as expected"
-        tc = self._testLoaderThreaded(modules=self.modules, tests=tests)
-        self.assertFalse(tc.runTests().wasSuccessful(), msg=msg)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_loader.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_loader.py
index e0d917d..b79b8ba 100755
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_loader.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/tests/test_loader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
 # Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
 
 import os
@@ -82,33 +82,5 @@
         msg = 'Expected modules from two different paths'
         self.assertEqual(modules, expected_modules, msg=msg)
 
-    def test_loader_threaded(self):
-        cases_path = self.cases_path
-
-        self.cases_path = [os.path.join(self.cases_path, 'loader', 'threaded')]
-
-        tc = self._testLoaderThreaded()
-        self.assertEqual(len(tc.suites), 3, "Expected to be 3 suites")
-
-        case_ids = ['threaded.ThreadedTest.test_threaded_no_depends',
-                'threaded.ThreadedTest2.test_threaded_same_module',
-                'threaded_depends.ThreadedTest3.test_threaded_depends']
-        for case in tc.suites[0]._tests:
-            self.assertEqual(case.id(),
-                    case_ids[tc.suites[0]._tests.index(case)])
-
-        case_ids = ['threaded_alone.ThreadedTestAlone.test_threaded_alone']
-        for case in tc.suites[1]._tests:
-            self.assertEqual(case.id(),
-                    case_ids[tc.suites[1]._tests.index(case)])
-
-        case_ids = ['threaded_module.ThreadedTestModule.test_threaded_module',
-                'threaded_module.ThreadedTestModule2.test_threaded_module2']
-        for case in tc.suites[2]._tests:
-            self.assertEqual(case.id(),
-                    case_ids[tc.suites[2]._tests.index(case)])
-
-        self.cases_path = cases_path
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/threaded.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/threaded.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cafe03..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/threaded.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,275 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation
-# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
-
-import threading
-import multiprocessing
-import queue
-import time
-
-from unittest.suite import TestSuite
-
-from oeqa.core.loader import OETestLoader
-from oeqa.core.runner import OEStreamLogger, OETestResult, OETestRunner
-from oeqa.core.context import OETestContext
-
-class OETestLoaderThreaded(OETestLoader):
-    def __init__(self, tc, module_paths, modules, tests, modules_required,
-            filters, process_num=0, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(OETestLoaderThreaded, self).__init__(tc, module_paths, modules,
-                tests, modules_required, filters, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.process_num = process_num
-
-    def discover(self):
-        suite = super(OETestLoaderThreaded, self).discover()
-
-        if self.process_num <= 0:
-            self.process_num = min(multiprocessing.cpu_count(),
-                    len(suite._tests))
-
-        suites = []
-        for _ in range(self.process_num):
-            suites.append(self.suiteClass())
-
-        def _search_for_module_idx(suites, case):
-            """
-                Cases in the same module needs to be run
-                in the same thread because PyUnit keeps track
-                of setUp{Module, Class,} and tearDown{Module, Class,}.
-            """
-
-            for idx in range(self.process_num):
-                suite = suites[idx]
-                for c in suite._tests:
-                    if case.__module__ == c.__module__:
-                        return idx
-
-            return -1
-
-        def _search_for_depend_idx(suites, depends):
-            """
-                Dependency cases needs to be run in the same
-                thread, because OEQA framework look at the state
-                of dependant test to figure out if skip or not.
-            """
-
-            for idx in range(self.process_num):
-                suite = suites[idx]
-
-                for case in suite._tests:
-                    if case.id() in depends:
-                        return idx
-            return -1
-
-        def _get_best_idx(suites):
-            sizes = [len(suite._tests) for suite in suites]
-            return sizes.index(min(sizes))
-
-        def _fill_suites(suite):
-            idx = -1
-            for case in suite:
-                if isinstance(case, TestSuite):
-                    _fill_suites(case)
-                else:
-                    idx = _search_for_module_idx(suites, case)
-
-                    depends = {}
-                    if 'depends' in self.tc._registry:
-                        depends = self.tc._registry['depends']
-
-                    if idx == -1 and case.id() in depends:
-                        case_depends = depends[case.id()] 
-                        idx = _search_for_depend_idx(suites, case_depends)
-
-                    if idx == -1:
-                        idx = _get_best_idx(suites)
-
-                    suites[idx].addTest(case)
-        _fill_suites(suite)
-
-        suites_tmp = suites
-        suites = []
-        for suite in suites_tmp:
-            if len(suite._tests) > 0:
-                suites.append(suite)
-
-        return suites
-
-class OEStreamLoggerThreaded(OEStreamLogger):
-    _lock = threading.Lock()
-    buffers = {}
-
-    def write(self, msg):
-        tid = threading.get_ident()
-
-        if not tid in self.buffers:
-            self.buffers[tid] = ""
-
-        if msg:
-            self.buffers[tid] += msg
-
-    def finish(self):
-        tid = threading.get_ident()
-        
-        self._lock.acquire()
-        self.logger.info('THREAD: %d' % tid)
-        self.logger.info('-' * 70)
-        for line in self.buffers[tid].split('\n'):
-            self.logger.info(line)
-        self._lock.release()
-
-class OETestResultThreadedInternal(OETestResult):
-    def _tc_map_results(self):
-        tid = threading.get_ident()
-        
-        # PyUnit generates a result for every test module run, test
-        # if the thread already has an entry to avoid lose the previous
-        # test module results.
-        if not tid in self.tc._results:
-            self.tc._results[tid] = {}
-            self.tc._results[tid]['failures'] = self.failures
-            self.tc._results[tid]['errors'] = self.errors
-            self.tc._results[tid]['skipped'] = self.skipped
-            self.tc._results[tid]['expectedFailures'] = self.expectedFailures
-
-class OETestResultThreaded(object):
-    _results = {}
-    _lock = threading.Lock()
-
-    def __init__(self, tc):
-        self.tc = tc
-
-    def _fill_tc_results(self):
-        tids = list(self.tc._results.keys())
-        fields = ['failures', 'errors', 'skipped', 'expectedFailures']
-
-        for tid in tids:
-            result = self.tc._results[tid]
-            for field in fields:
-                if not field in self.tc._results:
-                    self.tc._results[field] = []
-                self.tc._results[field].extend(result[field])
-
-    def addResult(self, result, run_start_time, run_end_time):
-        tid = threading.get_ident()
-
-        self._lock.acquire()
-        self._results[tid] = {}
-        self._results[tid]['result'] = result
-        self._results[tid]['run_start_time'] = run_start_time 
-        self._results[tid]['run_end_time'] = run_end_time 
-        self._results[tid]['result'] = result
-        self._lock.release()
-
-    def wasSuccessful(self):
-        wasSuccessful = True
-        for tid in self._results.keys():
-            wasSuccessful = wasSuccessful and \
-                    self._results[tid]['result'].wasSuccessful()
-        return wasSuccessful
-
-    def stop(self):
-        for tid in self._results.keys():
-            self._results[tid]['result'].stop()
-
-    def logSummary(self, component, context_msg=''):
-        elapsed_time = (self.tc._run_end_time - self.tc._run_start_time)
-
-        self.tc.logger.info("SUMMARY:")
-        self.tc.logger.info("%s (%s) - Ran %d tests in %.3fs" % (component,
-            context_msg, len(self.tc._registry['cases']), elapsed_time))
-        if self.wasSuccessful():
-            msg = "%s - OK - All required tests passed" % component
-        else:
-            msg = "%s - FAIL - Required tests failed" % component
-        self.tc.logger.info(msg)
-
-    def logDetails(self):
-        if list(self._results):
-            tid = list(self._results)[0]
-            result = self._results[tid]['result']
-            result.logDetails()
-
-class _Worker(threading.Thread):
-    """Thread executing tasks from a given tasks queue"""
-    def __init__(self, tasks, result, stream):
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.tasks = tasks
-
-        self.result = result
-        self.stream = stream
-
-    def run(self):
-        while True:
-            try:
-                func, args, kargs = self.tasks.get(block=False)
-            except queue.Empty:
-                break
-
-            try:
-                run_start_time = time.time()
-                rc = func(*args, **kargs)
-                run_end_time = time.time()
-                self.result.addResult(rc, run_start_time, run_end_time)
-                self.stream.finish()
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(e)
-            finally:
-                self.tasks.task_done()
-
-class _ThreadedPool:
-    """Pool of threads consuming tasks from a queue"""
-    def __init__(self, num_workers, num_tasks, stream=None, result=None):
-        self.tasks = queue.Queue(num_tasks)
-        self.workers = []
-
-        for _ in range(num_workers):
-            worker = _Worker(self.tasks, result, stream)
-            self.workers.append(worker)
-
-    def start(self):
-        for worker in self.workers:
-            worker.start()
-
-    def add_task(self, func, *args, **kargs):
-        """Add a task to the queue"""
-        self.tasks.put((func, args, kargs))
-
-    def wait_completion(self):
-        """Wait for completion of all the tasks in the queue"""
-        self.tasks.join()
-        for worker in self.workers:
-            worker.join()
-
-class OETestRunnerThreaded(OETestRunner):
-    streamLoggerClass = OEStreamLoggerThreaded
-
-    def __init__(self, tc, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(OETestRunnerThreaded, self).__init__(tc, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.resultclass = OETestResultThreadedInternal # XXX: XML reporting overrides at __init__
-
-    def run(self, suites):
-        result = OETestResultThreaded(self.tc)
-
-        pool = _ThreadedPool(len(suites), len(suites), stream=self.stream,
-                result=result)
-        for s in suites:
-            pool.add_task(super(OETestRunnerThreaded, self).run, s)
-        pool.start()
-        pool.wait_completion()
-        result._fill_tc_results()
-
-        return result
-
-class OETestContextThreaded(OETestContext):
-    loaderClass = OETestLoaderThreaded
-    runnerClass = OETestRunnerThreaded
-
-    def loadTests(self, module_paths, modules=[], tests=[],
-            modules_manifest="", modules_required=[], filters={}, process_num=0):
-        if modules_manifest:
-            modules = self._read_modules_from_manifest(modules_manifest)
-
-        self.loader = self.loaderClass(self, module_paths, modules, tests,
-                modules_required, filters, process_num)
-        self.suites = self.loader.discover()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
index f60a433..77ae7b6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import unittest
+import pprint
+
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@
     @OETestID(1600)
     @skipIfNotFeature('ptest', 'Test requires ptest to be in DISTRO_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_ptestrunner(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('which ptest-runner', 0)
         if status != 0:
@@ -76,6 +80,11 @@
         # status != 0 is OK since some ptest tests may fail
         self.assertTrue(status != 127, msg="Cannot execute ptest-runner!")
 
+        if not hasattr(self.tc, "extraresults"):
+            self.tc.extraresults = {}
+        extras = self.tc.extraresults
+        extras['ptestresult.rawlogs'] = {'log': output}
+
         # Parse and save results
         parse_result = self.parse_ptest(ptest_runner_log)
         parse_result.log_as_files(ptest_log_dir, test_status = ['pass','fail', 'skip'])
@@ -84,10 +93,18 @@
             os.remove(ptest_log_dir_link)
         os.symlink(os.path.basename(ptest_log_dir), ptest_log_dir_link)
 
+        trans = str.maketrans("()", "__")
+        resmap = {'pass': 'PASSED', 'skip': 'SKIPPED', 'fail': 'FAILED'}
+        for section in parse_result.result_dict:
+            for test, result in parse_result.result_dict[section]:
+                testname = "ptestresult." + section + "." + "_".join(test.translate(trans).split())
+                extras[testname] = {'status': resmap[result]}
+
         failed_tests = {}
         for section in parse_result.result_dict:
-            failed_testcases = [ test for test, result in parse_result.result_dict[section] if result == 'fail' ]
+            failed_testcases = [ "_".join(test.translate(trans).split()) for test, result in parse_result.result_dict[section] if result == 'fail' ]
             if failed_testcases:
                 failed_tests[section] = failed_testcases
 
-        self.assertFalse(failed_tests, msg = "Failed ptests: %s" %(str(failed_tests)))
+        if failed_tests:
+            self.fail("Failed ptests:\n%s" % pprint.pformat(failed_tests))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
index b3d7c75..82e4c19b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 import glob
 import re
 
-from oeqa.core.context import OETestContextExecutor
-from oeqa.core.threaded import OETestContextThreaded
+from oeqa.core.context import OETestContext, OETestContextExecutor
 
-class OESDKTestContext(OETestContextThreaded):
+class OESDKTestContext(OETestContext):
     sdk_files_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "files")
 
     def __init__(self, td=None, logger=None, sdk_dir=None, sdk_env=None,
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
index e09915b..2e446b0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
 from oeqa.core.case import OETestCase
 
+import bb.utils
+
 class OESelftestTestCase(OETestCase):
     def __init__(self, methodName="runTest"):
         self._extra_tear_down_commands = []
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@
         if self._track_for_cleanup:
             for path in self._track_for_cleanup:
                 if os.path.isdir(path):
-                    shutil.rmtree(path)
+                    bb.utils.remove(path, recurse=True)
                 if os.path.isfile(path):
                     os.remove(path)
             self._track_for_cleanup = []
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
index e60e32d..24597ac 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(p), msg = "No ccache found (%s)" % p)
         self.write_config('INHERIT += "ccache"')
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean m4')
+        bitbake("m4 -c clean")
         bitbake("m4 -f -c compile")
         log_compile = os.path.join(get_bb_var("WORKDIR","m4"), "temp/log.do_compile")
-        res = runCmd("grep ccache %s" % log_compile, ignore_status=True)
-        self.assertEqual(0, res.status, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
+        with open(log_compile, "r") as f:
+            loglines = "".join(f.readlines())
+        self.assertIn("ccache", loglines, msg="No match for ccache in m4 log.do_compile. For further details: %s" % log_compile)
 
     @OETestID(1435)
     def test_read_only_image(self):
@@ -57,15 +59,15 @@
     @OETestID(277)
     def test_stoptask_behavior(self):
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay", ignore_status = True)
         self.assertTrue('ERROR: No new tasks can be executed since the disk space monitor action is "STOPTASKS"!' in res.output, msg = "Tasks should have stopped. Disk monitor is set to STOPTASK: %s" % res.output)
         self.assertEqual(res.status, 1, msg = "bitbake reported exit code %s. It should have been 1. Bitbake output: %s" % (str(res.status), res.output))
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "ABORT,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4", ignore_status = True)
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay", ignore_status = True)
         self.assertTrue('ERROR: Immediately abort since the disk space monitor action is "ABORT"!' in res.output, "Tasks should have been aborted immediatelly. Disk monitor is set to ABORT: %s" % res.output)
         self.assertEqual(res.status, 1, msg = "bitbake reported exit code %s. It should have been 1. Bitbake output: %s" % (str(res.status), res.output))
         self.write_config('BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "WARN,${TMPDIR},100000G,100K"')
-        res = bitbake("m4")
+        res = bitbake("delay -c delay")
         self.assertTrue('WARNING: The free space' in res.output, msg = "A warning should have been displayed for disk monitor is set to WARN: %s" %res.output)
 
 class SanityOptionsTest(OESelftestTestCase):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
index 99a5cc9..8deaae7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/containerimage.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "container"
 PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk"
 IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
+IMAGE_BUILDINFO_FILE = ""
 """)
 
         bbvars = get_bb_vars(['bindir', 'sysconfdir', 'localstatedir',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
index d03188f..d7aef93 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(oeSDKExtSelfTest, cls).setUpClass()
-        cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='eSDKQA')
-
-        sstate_dir = get_bb_var('SSTATE_DIR')
-
         cls.image = 'core-image-minimal'
+
+        bb_vars = get_bb_vars(['SSTATE_DIR', 'WORKDIR'], cls.image)
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(bb_vars["WORKDIR"])
+        cls.tmpdirobj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="selftest-esdk-", dir=bb_vars["WORKDIR"])
+        cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA = cls.tmpdirobj.name
+
         oeSDKExtSelfTest.generate_eSDK(cls.image)
 
         # Install eSDK
@@ -87,14 +89,14 @@
         sstate_config="""
 SDK_LOCAL_CONF_WHITELIST = "SSTATE_MIRRORS"
 SSTATE_MIRRORS =  "file://.* file://%s/PATH"
-            """ % sstate_dir
+            """ % bb_vars["SSTATE_DIR"]
         with open(os.path.join(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, 'conf', 'local.conf'), 'a+') as f:
             f.write(sstate_config)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        shutil.rmtree(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, ignore_errors=True)
-        super(oeSDKExtSelfTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        cls.tmpdirobj.cleanup()
+        super().tearDownClass()
 
     @OETestID(1602)
     def test_install_libraries_headers(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
index 75a27c0..e0eb813 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/path.py
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@
         ( "b/test", errno.ENOENT ),
     ]
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        try:
-            #os.system("tree -F %s" % self.tmpdir)
-            shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
-        except:
-            pass
-
     def setUp(self):
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = "oe-test_path")
         self.root = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "R")
@@ -59,6 +52,9 @@
         for l in self.LINKS:
             os.symlink(l[1], os.path.join(self.root, l[0]))
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)
+
     def __realpath(self, file, use_physdir, assume_dir = True):
         return oe.path.realpath(os.path.join(self.root, file), self.root,
                                 use_physdir, assume_dir = assume_dir)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
index 5ebdd57..a758aaf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runqemu.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
         """Test runqemu machine"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2002)
     def test_boot_machine_ext4(self):
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s ext4" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('rootfs.ext4' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('rootfs.ext4', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2003)
     def test_boot_machine_iso(self):
@@ -60,14 +61,16 @@
         cmd = "%s %s iso" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('media=cdrom' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('media=cdrom', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2004)
     def test_boot_recipe_image(self):
         """Test runqemu recipe-image"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
     @OETestID(2005)
     def test_boot_recipe_image_vmdk(self):
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s wic.vmdk" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=vmdk' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=vmdk', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2006)
     def test_boot_recipe_image_vdi(self):
@@ -83,14 +86,16 @@
         cmd = "%s %s wic.vdi" % (self.cmd_common, self.recipe)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=vdi' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=vdi', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2007)
     def test_boot_deploy(self):
         """Test runqemu deploy_dir_image"""
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.deploy_dir_image)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
     @OETestID(2008)
     def test_boot_deploy_hddimg(self):
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@
         cmd = "%s %s hddimg" % (self.cmd_common, self.deploy_dir_image)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue(re.search('file=.*.hddimg', f.read()), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertTrue(re.search('file=.*.hddimg', f.read()), "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2009)
     def test_boot_machine_slirp(self):
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@
         cmd = "%s slirp %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue(' -netdev user' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn(' -netdev user', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2009)
     def test_boot_machine_slirp_qcow2(self):
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@
         cmd = "%s slirp wic.qcow2 %s" % (self.cmd_common, self.machine)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
             with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
-                self.assertTrue('format=qcow2' in f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+                self.assertIn('format=qcow2', f.read(), "Failed: %s" % cmd)
 
     @OETestID(2010)
     def test_boot_qemu_boot(self):
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@
             self.skipTest("%s not found" % qemuboot_conf)
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, qemuboot_conf)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
 
     @OETestID(2011)
     def test_boot_rootfs(self):
@@ -136,7 +142,9 @@
             self.skipTest("%s not found" % rootfs)
         cmd = "%s %s" % (self.cmd_common, rootfs)
         with runqemu(self.recipe, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
-            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+            with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog) as f:
+                self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s, %s" % (cmd, f.read()))
+
 
 # This test was designed as a separate class to test that shutdown
 # command will shutdown qemu as expected on each qemu architecture
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
index a750cfc..0edaf40 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_bb_vars
 import os
+import oe
 import glob
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.utils.ftools import write_file
 
@@ -15,23 +17,39 @@
     pub_key_path = ""
     secret_key_path = ""
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(Signing, cls).setUpClass()
-        # Check that we can find the gpg binary and fail early if we can't
-        if not shutil.which("gpg"):
-            raise AssertionError("This test needs GnuPG")
+    def setup_gpg(self):
+        bitbake('gnupg-native -c addto_recipe_sysroot')
 
-        cls.gpg_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="oeqa-signing-")
+        self.gpg_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="oeqa-signing-")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.gpg_dir)
 
-        cls.pub_key_path = os.path.join(cls.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.pub")
-        cls.secret_key_path = os.path.join(cls.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.secret")
+        self.pub_key_path = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.pub")
+        self.secret_key_path = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing', "key.secret")
 
-        runCmd('gpg --batch --homedir %s --import %s %s' % (cls.gpg_dir, cls.pub_key_path, cls.secret_key_path))
+        nsysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "gnupg-native")
+        runCmd('gpg --batch --homedir %s --import %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, self.pub_key_path, self.secret_key_path), native_sysroot=nsysroot)
+        return nsysroot + get_bb_var("bindir_native")
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        shutil.rmtree(cls.gpg_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def create_new_builddir(self, builddir, newbuilddir):
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(newbuilddir)
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/conf", newbuilddir + "/conf")
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/cache", newbuilddir + "/cache")
+
+        origenv = os.environ.copy()
+
+        for e in os.environ:
+            if builddir in os.environ[e]:
+                os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
+
+        os.chdir(newbuilddir)
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            for e in origenv:
+                os.environ[e] = origenv[e]
+            os.chdir(builddir)
 
     @OETestID(1362)
     def test_signing_packages(self):
@@ -46,6 +64,8 @@
         """
         import oe.packagedata
 
+        self.setup_gpg()
+
         package_classes = get_bb_var('PACKAGE_CLASSES')
         if 'package_rpm' not in package_classes:
             self.skipTest('This test requires RPM Packaging.')
@@ -108,11 +128,12 @@
 
         test_recipe = 'ed'
 
-        builddir = os.environ.get('BUILDDIR')
+        # Since we need gpg but we can't use gpg-native for sstate signatures, we 
+        # build gpg-native in our original builddir then run the tests in a second one.
+        builddir = os.environ.get('BUILDDIR') + "-testsign"
         sstatedir = os.path.join(builddir, 'test-sstate')
 
-        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean %s' % test_recipe)
-        self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % sstatedir)
+        nsysroot = self.setup_gpg()
 
         feature = 'SSTATE_SIG_KEY ?= "testuser"\n'
         feature += 'SSTATE_SIG_PASSPHRASE ?= "test123"\n'
@@ -124,19 +145,26 @@
 
         self.write_config(feature)
 
-        bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
-        bitbake(test_recipe)
+        with self.create_new_builddir(os.environ['BUILDDIR'], builddir):
 
-        recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_package.tgz.sig')
-        recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_package.tgz')
+            os.environ["PATH"] = nsysroot + ":" + os.environ["PATH"]
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % sstatedir)
+            self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s' % builddir)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
-        self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
+            bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+            bitbake('-c populate_lic %s' % test_recipe)
 
-        ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_tgz[0]))
-        # gpg: Signature made Thu 22 Oct 2015 01:45:09 PM EEST using RSA key ID 61EEFB30
-        # gpg: Good signature from "testuser (nocomment) <testuser@email.com>"
-        self.assertIn('gpg: Good signature from', ret.output, 'Package signed incorrectly.')
+            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz.sig')
+            recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz')
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
+            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
+
+            ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_tgz[0]))
+            # gpg: Signature made Thu 22 Oct 2015 01:45:09 PM EEST using RSA key ID 61EEFB30
+            # gpg: Good signature from "testuser (nocomment) <testuser@email.com>"
+            self.assertIn('gpg: Good signature from', ret.output, 'Package signed incorrectly.')
 
 
 class LockedSignatures(OESelftestTestCase):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 9e90d3c..9a56888 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import time
 import glob
 import sys
-import imp
+import importlib
 import signal
 from shutil import copyfile
 from random import choice
@@ -96,11 +96,17 @@
         return cases_paths
 
     def _process_args(self, logger, args):
-        args.output_log = '%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name,
-                time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"))
+
+        args.test_start_time = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
         args.test_data_file = None
         args.CASES_PATHS = None
 
+        bbvars = get_bb_vars()
+        logdir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
+        if 'LOG_DIR' in bbvars:
+            logdir = bbvars['LOG_DIR']
+        args.output_log = logdir + '/%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name, args.test_start_time)
+
         super(OESelftestTestContextExecutor, self)._process_args(logger, args)
 
         if args.list_modules:
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@
         elif args.list_tests:
             args.list_tests = 'name'
 
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['td'] = get_bb_vars()
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['td'] = bbvars
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['machines'] = self._get_available_machines()
 
         builddir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@
                     self.tc.logger.info("\t%s" % l)
 
                 sys.path.extend(layer_libdirs)
-                imp.reload(oeqa.selftest)
+                importlib.reload(oeqa.selftest)
 
         _check_required_env_variables(["BUILDDIR"])
         _check_presence_meta_selftest()
@@ -196,6 +202,28 @@
         self.tc.logger.info("Running bitbake -p")
         runCmd("bitbake -p")
 
+    def get_json_result_dir(self, args):
+        json_result_dir = os.path.join(self.tc.td["LOG_DIR"], 'oeqa')
+        if "OEQA_JSON_RESULT_DIR" in self.tc.td:
+            json_result_dir = self.tc.td["OEQA_JSON_RESULT_DIR"]
+
+        return json_result_dir
+
+    def get_configuration(self, args):
+        import platform
+        from oeqa.utils.metadata import metadata_from_bb
+        metadata = metadata_from_bb()
+        configuration = {'TEST_TYPE': 'oeselftest',
+                        'STARTTIME': args.test_start_time,
+                        'MACHINE': self.tc.td["MACHINE"],
+                        'HOST_DISTRO': ('-'.join(platform.linux_distribution())).replace(' ', '-'),
+                        'HOST_NAME': metadata['hostname'],
+                        'LAYERS': metadata['layers']}
+        return configuration
+
+    def get_result_id(self, configuration):
+        return '%s_%s_%s_%s' % (configuration['TEST_TYPE'], configuration['HOST_DISTRO'], configuration['MACHINE'], configuration['STARTTIME'])
+
     def _internal_run(self, logger, args):
         self.module_paths = self._get_cases_paths(
                 self.tc_kwargs['init']['td']['BBPATH'].split(':'))
@@ -212,7 +240,10 @@
         else:
             self._pre_run()
             rc = self.tc.runTests(**self.tc_kwargs['run'])
-            rc.logDetails()
+            configuration = self.get_configuration(args)
+            rc.logDetails(self.get_json_result_dir(args),
+                          configuration,
+                          self.get_result_id(configuration))
             rc.logSummary(self.name)
 
         return rc
@@ -270,7 +301,7 @@
 
             output_link = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(args.output_log),
                     "%s-results.log" % self.name)
-            if os.path.exists(output_link):
+            if os.path.lexists(output_link):
                 os.remove(output_link)
             os.symlink(args.output_log, output_link)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/buildproject.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/buildproject.py
index 721f35d..88e7b7f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/buildproject.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/buildproject.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         self.uri = uri
         self.archive = os.path.basename(uri)
         if not tmpdir:
-            tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='buildproject')
+            self.tempdirobj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='buildproject-')
+            tmpdir = self.tempdirobj.name
         self.localarchive = os.path.join(tmpdir, self.archive)
         self.dl_dir = dl_dir
         if foldername:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index 0d9cf23..2e6a228 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
         # At this point we know that the process has closed stdout/stderr, so
         # it is safe and necessary to wait for the actual process completion.
         self.status = self.process.wait()
+        self.process.stdout.close()
+        if self.process.stderr:
+            self.process.stderr.close()
 
         self.log.debug("Command '%s' returned %d as exit code." % (self.cmd, self.status))
         # logging the complete output is insane
@@ -333,16 +336,20 @@
         try:
             qemu.start(params=qemuparams, ssh=ssh, runqemuparams=runqemuparams, launch_cmd=launch_cmd, discard_writes=discard_writes)
         except bb.build.FuncFailed:
-            raise Exception('Failed to start QEMU - see the logs in %s' % logdir)
+            msg = 'Failed to start QEMU - see the logs in %s' % logdir
+            if os.path.exists(qemu.qemurunnerlog):
+                with open(qemu.qemurunnerlog, 'r') as f:
+                    msg = msg + "Qemurunner log output from %s:\n%s" % (qemu.qemurunnerlog, f.read())
+            raise Exception(msg)
 
         yield qemu
 
     finally:
+        targetlogger.removeHandler(handler)
         try:
             qemu.stop()
         except:
             pass
-    targetlogger.removeHandler(handler)
 
 def updateEnv(env_file):
     """
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
index 65bbdc6..b7def77 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/metadata.py
@@ -58,9 +58,22 @@
 
 def git_rev_info(path):
     """Get git revision information as a dict"""
-    from git import Repo, InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError
-
     info = OrderedDict()
+
+    try:
+        from git import Repo, InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError
+    except ImportError:
+        import subprocess
+        try:
+            info['branch'] = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"], cwd=path).decode('utf-8').strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            info['commit'] = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd=path).decode('utf-8').strip()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            pass
+        return info
+
     try:
         repo = Repo(path, search_parent_directories=True)
     except (InvalidGitRepositoryError, NoSuchPathError):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index c962602..b87d776 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
     def launch(self, launch_cmd, get_ip = True, qemuparams = None, extra_bootparams = None, env = None):
         try:
-            threadsock, threadport = self.create_socket()
+            self.threadsock, threadport = self.create_socket()
             self.server_socket, self.serverport = self.create_socket()
         except socket.error as msg:
             self.logger.error("Failed to create listening socket: %s" % msg[1])
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
                     # No point waiting any longer
                     self.logger.debug('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
                     self._dump_host()
-                    self.stop()
                     self.logger.debug("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % self.getOutput(output))
+                    self.stop()
                     return False
             time.sleep(0.5)
 
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@
             processes = ps.decode("utf-8")
             self.logger.debug("Running processes:\n%s" % processes)
             self._dump_host()
-            self.stop()
             op = self.getOutput(output)
+            self.stop()
             if op:
                 self.logger.error("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % op)
             else:
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@
                 # because is possible to have control characters
                 cmdline = re_control_char.sub(' ', cmdline)
             try:
-                ips = re.findall("((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})", cmdline.split("ip=")[1])
+                ips = re.findall(r"((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})", cmdline.split("ip=")[1])
                 self.ip = ips[0]
                 self.server_ip = ips[1]
                 self.logger.debug("qemu cmdline used:\n{}".format(cmdline))
             except (IndexError, ValueError):
                 # Try to get network configuration from runqemu output
-                match = re.match('.*Network configuration: ([0-9.]+)::([0-9.]+):([0-9.]+)$.*',
+                match = re.match(r'.*Network configuration: ([0-9.]+)::([0-9.]+):([0-9.]+)$.*',
                                  out, re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
                 if match:
                     self.ip, self.server_ip, self.netmask = match.groups()
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
         self.logger.debug("Target IP: %s" % self.ip)
         self.logger.debug("Server IP: %s" % self.server_ip)
 
-        self.thread = LoggingThread(self.log, threadsock, self.logger)
+        self.thread = LoggingThread(self.log, self.threadsock, self.logger)
         self.thread.start()
         if not self.thread.connection_established.wait(self.boottime):
             self.logger.error("Didn't receive a console connection from qemu. "
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@
         # If we are not able to login the tests can continue
         try:
             (status, output) = self.run_serial("root\n", raw=True)
-            if re.search("root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", output):
+            if re.search(r"root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", output):
                 self.logged = True
                 self.logger.debug("Logged as root in serial console")
                 if netconf:
                     # configure guest networking
                     cmd = "ifconfig eth0 %s netmask %s up\n" % (self.ip, self.netmask)
                     output = self.run_serial(cmd, raw=True)[1]
-                    if re.search("root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", output):
+                    if re.search(r"root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", output):
                         self.logger.debug("configured ip address %s", self.ip)
                     else:
                         self.logger.debug("Couldn't configure guest networking")
@@ -369,14 +369,22 @@
             if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
                 self.logger.debug("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
                 os.killpg(os.getpgid(self.runqemu.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
+            self.runqemu.stdin.close()
+            self.runqemu.stdout.close()
             self.runqemu = None
+
         if hasattr(self, 'server_socket') and self.server_socket:
             self.server_socket.close()
             self.server_socket = None
+        if hasattr(self, 'threadsock') and self.threadsock:
+            self.threadsock.close()
+            self.threadsock = None
         self.qemupid = None
         self.ip = None
         if os.path.exists(self.qemu_pidfile):
             os.remove(self.qemu_pidfile)
+        if self.monitorpipe:
+            self.monitorpipe.close()
 
     def stop_qemu_system(self):
         if self.qemupid:
@@ -436,7 +444,7 @@
                 if answer:
                     data += answer.decode('utf-8')
                     # Search the prompt to stop
-                    if re.search("[a-zA-Z0-9]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", data):
+                    if re.search(r"[a-zA-Z0-9]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", data):
                         break
                 else:
                     raise Exception("No data on serial console socket")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
index 1202d57..b8db7b2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/targetbuild.py
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
         if not tmpdir:
             tmpdir = self.d.getVar('WORKDIR')
             if not tmpdir:
-                tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='buildproject')
-        self.localarchive = os.path.join(tmpdir,self.archive)
+                self.tempdirobj = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='buildproject-')
+                tmpdir = self.tempdirobj.name
+        self.localarchive = os.path.join(tmpdir, self.archive)
         if foldername:
             self.fname = foldername
         else: