diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
index d77d0e6..6c110d0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                     "expected_results": ""
                 },
                 "2": {
-                    "action": "wget  autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/releases//machines/qemu/qemux86/qemu (ex:core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86-date-rootfs-tar-bz2) \nsource /opt/poky/version/environment-setup-i585-poky-linux  \n\nExtract qemu with runqemu-extract-sdk /home/user/file(ex.core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86.bz2) \n/home/user/qemux86-sato-sdk  \n\n",
+                    "action": "wget  https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-$VERSION/machines/qemu/qemux86/ (ex:core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86-date-rootfs-tar-bz2) \nsource /opt/poky/version/environment-setup-i585-poky-linux  \n\nExtract qemu with runqemu-extract-sdk /home/user/file(ex.core-image-sato-sdk-qemux86.bz2) \n/home/user/qemux86-sato-sdk  \n\n",
                     "expected_results": " Qemu can be lauched normally."
                 },
                 "3": {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                     "expected_results": ""
                 },
                 "6": {
-                    "action": "(d) QEMU: \nSelect this option if you will be using the QEMU emulator. Specify the Kernel matching the QEMU architecture you are using. \n      wget  autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/releases//machines/qemu/qemux86/bzImage-qemux86.bin \n      e.g: /home/$USER/yocto/adt-installer/download_image/bzImage-qemux86.bin  \n\n",
+                    "action": "(d) QEMU: \nSelect this option if you will be using the QEMU emulator. Specify the Kernel matching the QEMU architecture you are using. \n      wget  https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-$VERSION/machines/qemu/qemux86/bzImage-qemux86.bin \n      e.g: /home/$USER/yocto/adt-installer/download_image/bzImage-qemux86.bin  \n\n",
                     "expected_results": ""
                 },	
                 "7": {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
             "execution": {
                 "1": {
                     "action": "Clone eclipse-poky source.   \n    \n    - git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/eclipse-poky  \n\n",
-                    "expected_results": "Eclipse plugin is successfully installed  \n\nDocumentation is there. For example if you have release yocto-2.0.1 you will found on   http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/releases/yocto-2.0.1/eclipse-plugin/mars/  archive with documentation like org.yocto.doc-development-$date.zip  \n  \n"
+                    "expected_results": "Eclipse plugin is successfully installed  \n\nDocumentation is there. For example if you have release yocto-2.0.1 you will found on   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-2.0.1/eclipse-plugin/mars/  archive with documentation like org.yocto.doc-development-$date.zip  \n  \n"
                 },
                 "2": {
                     "action": "Checkout correct tag.  \n\n    - git checkout <eclipse-version>/<yocto-version> \n\n",
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
index 2b8893d..50101b7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "Failed to load module \"fbdev\"",
     "Failed to load module fbdev",
     "Failed to load module glx",
-    "[drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768",
+    "[drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes",
     "_OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM",
     "Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)",
     "NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel!",
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
index 7a9d62c..a433911 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
         Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
         AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
         """
-        db_files_cmd = 'ls /var/lib/rpm/__db.*'
+        db_files_cmd = 'ls /var/lib/rpm/rpmdb.sqlite*'
         check_log_cmd = "grep RPM /var/log/messages | wc -l"
 
-        # Make sure that some database files are under /var/lib/rpm as '__db.xxx'
+        # Make sure that some database files are under /var/lib/rpm as 'rpmdb.sqlite'
         status, output = self.target.run(db_files_cmd)
-        msg =  'Failed to find database files under /var/lib/rpm/ as __db.xxx'
+        msg =  'Failed to find database files under /var/lib/rpm/ as rpmdb.sqlite'
         self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
         self.tc.target.copyTo(self.test_file, self.dst)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
index 3826f27..d707ab2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 import os
+import sys
 
 from oeqa.core.context import OETestContext, OETestContextExecutor
 from oeqa.core.target.ssh import OESSHTarget
@@ -119,8 +120,7 @@
             # XXX: Don't base your targets on this code it will be refactored
             # in the near future.
             # Custom target module loading
-            target_modules_path = kwargs.get('target_modules_path', '')
-            controller = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor.getControllerModule(target_type, target_modules_path)
+            controller = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor.getControllerModule(target_type)
             target = controller(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
 
         return target
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@
     # AttributeError raised if not found.
     # ImportError raised if a provided module can not be imported.
     @staticmethod
-    def getControllerModule(target, target_modules_path):
-        controllerslist = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor._getControllerModulenames(target_modules_path)
+    def getControllerModule(target):
+        controllerslist = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor._getControllerModulenames()
         controller = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor._loadControllerFromName(target, controllerslist)
         return controller
 
     # Return a list of all python modules in lib/oeqa/controllers for each
     # layer in bbpath
     @staticmethod
-    def _getControllerModulenames(target_modules_path):
+    def _getControllerModulenames():
 
         controllerslist = []
 
@@ -153,9 +153,8 @@
                 else:
                     raise RuntimeError("Duplicate controller module found for %s. Layers should create unique controller module names" % module)
 
-        extpath = target_modules_path.split(':')
-        for p in extpath:
-            controllerpath = os.path.join(p, 'lib', 'oeqa', 'controllers')
+        for p in sys.path:
+            controllerpath = os.path.join(p, 'oeqa', 'controllers')
             if os.path.exists(controllerpath):
                 add_controller_list(controllerpath)
         return controllerslist
@@ -175,16 +174,12 @@
     # Search for and return a controller or None from given module name
     @staticmethod
     def _loadControllerFromModule(target, modulename):
-        obj = None
-        # import module, allowing it to raise import exception
-        module = __import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), [target])
-        # look for target class in the module, catching any exceptions as it
-        # is valid that a module may not have the target class.
         try:
-            obj = getattr(module, target)
-        except:
-            obj = None
-        return obj
+            import importlib
+            module = importlib.import_module(modulename)
+            return getattr(module, target)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
 
     @staticmethod
     def readPackagesManifest(manifest):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildtools-cases/build.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildtools-cases/build.py
index 9c9a84b..aee2e5a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildtools-cases/build.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildtools-cases/build.py
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
                 self._run('. %s/oe-init-build-env %s && bitbake virtual/libc' % (corebase, testdir))
             finally:
                 delay = 10
-                while delay and os.path.exists(testdir + "/bitbake.lock"):
+                while delay and (os.path.exists(testdir + "/bitbake.lock") or os.path.exists(testdir + "/cache/hashserv.db-wal")):
                     time.sleep(1)
                     delay = delay - 1
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index 6562364..6779e62 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@
         self.delete_recipeinc('man-db')
         self.assertEqual(result.status, 1, msg="Command succeded when it should have failed. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
         self.assertIn('Fetcher failure: Unable to find file file://invalid anywhere. The paths that were searched were:', result.output)
-        line = self.getline(result, 'Fetcher failure for URL: \'file://invalid\'. Unable to fetch URL from any source.')
-        self.assertTrue(line and line.startswith("ERROR:"), msg = "\"invalid\" file \
-doesn't exist, yet fetcher didn't report any error. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
 
     def test_rename_downloaded_file(self):
         # TODO unique dldir instead of using cleanall
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
index 862849a..d0c402b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/eSDK.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         for i in range(0, 10):
-            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, 'bitbake.lock')):
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, 'bitbake.lock')) or os.path.exists(os.path.join(cls.tmpdir_eSDKQA, 'cache/hashserv.db-wal')):
                 time.sleep(1)
             else:
                 break
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
index 184c877..f6f6a8e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/fitimage.py
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@
 UBOOT_EXTLINUX = "0"
 FIT_GENERATE_KEYS = "1"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_REPLACEMENT = "zImage"
+FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG = "none"
 FIT_HASH_ALG = "sha256"
 """
         self.write_config(config)
@@ -763,9 +764,8 @@
 
         kernel_load = str(get_bb_var('UBOOT_LOADADDRESS'))
         kernel_entry = str(get_bb_var('UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT'))
-        initramfs_bundle_format = str(get_bb_var('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_REPLACEMENT'))
+        kernel_compression = str(get_bb_var('FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG'))
         uboot_arch = str(get_bb_var('UBOOT_ARCH'))
-        initramfs_bundle = "arch/" + uboot_arch + "/boot/" + initramfs_bundle_format + ".initramfs"
         fit_hash_alg = str(get_bb_var('FIT_HASH_ALG'))
 
         its_file = open(fitimage_its_path)
@@ -775,11 +775,11 @@
         exp_node_lines = [
             'kernel-1 {',
             'description = "Linux kernel";',
-            'data = /incbin/("' + initramfs_bundle + '");',
+            'data = /incbin/("linux.bin");',
             'type = "kernel";',
             'arch = "' + uboot_arch + '";',
             'os = "linux";',
-            'compression = "none";',
+            'compression = "' + kernel_compression + '";',
             'load = <' + kernel_load + '>;',
             'entry = <' + kernel_entry + '>;',
             'hash-1 {',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
index 1decce3..91abf96 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     def test_packageconfig_flags_option_all(self):
         results = runCmd('%s/contrib/list-packageconfig-flags.py -a' % self.scripts_dir)
         expected_endlines = []
-        expected_endlines.append("pinentry-1.1.1")
+        expected_endlines.append("pinentry-1.2.0")
         expected_endlines.append("PACKAGECONFIG ncurses libcap")
         expected_endlines.append("PACKAGECONFIG[qt] --enable-pinentry-qt, --disable-pinentry-qt, qtbase-native qtbase")
         expected_endlines.append("PACKAGECONFIG[gtk2] --enable-pinentry-gtk2, --disable-pinentry-gtk2, gtk+ glib-2.0")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
index e4582cb..2e983d2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@
             bb.utils.remove(tmpdir, recurse=True)
 
         config = textwrap.dedent('''\
-            INHERIT += "reproducible_build"
             PACKAGE_CLASSES = "{package_classes}"
             INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP = "1"
             TMPDIR = "{tmpdir}"
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 129503d..a90f62b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -213,17 +213,21 @@
         """
         import subprocess, os
 
+        distro = oe.lsb.distro_identifier()
+        if distro and distro in ['debian-9', 'debian-10', 'centos-7', 'centos-8', 'ubuntu-16.04', 'ubuntu-18.04']:
+            self.skipTest('virgl headless cannot be tested with %s' %(distro))
+
         render_hint = """If /dev/dri/renderD* is absent due to lack of suitable GPU, 'modprobe vgem' will create one sutable for mesa llvmpipe sofware renderer."""
         try:
             content = os.listdir("/dev/dri")
             if len([i for i in content if i.startswith('render')]) == 0:
-                self.skipTest("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
+                self.fail("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            self.skipTest("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
+            self.fail("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
         try:
             dripath = subprocess.check_output("pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.skipTest("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
+            self.fail("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
         qemu_distrofeatures = get_bb_var('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'qemu-system-native')
         features = 'INHERIT += "testimage"\n'
         if 'opengl' not in qemu_distrofeatures:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
index af7a0b8..6f3d4ae 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@
             bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
             bitbake('-c populate_lic %s' % test_recipe)
 
-            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz.sig')
-            recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz')
+            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tar.zst.sig')
+            recipe_archive = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tar.zst')
 
             self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
-            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
+            self.assertEqual(len(recipe_archive), 1, 'Failed to find .tar.zst file.')
 
-            ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_tgz[0]))
+            ret = runCmd('gpg --homedir %s --verify %s %s' % (self.gpg_dir, recipe_sig[0], recipe_archive[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.')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
index 17a1545..3dab607 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, targets)), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
         if distro_nonspecific:
             for r in results:
-                if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tgz", "_populate_lic.tgz.siginfo", "_fetch.tgz.siginfo", "_unpack.tgz.siginfo", "_patch.tgz.siginfo")):
+                if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tar.zst", "_populate_lic.tar.zst.siginfo", "_fetch.tar.zst.siginfo", "_unpack.tar.zst.siginfo", "_patch.tar.zst.siginfo")):
                     continue
                 file_tracker.append(r)
         else:
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
 
         bitbake(targets)
-        tgz_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
-        self.assertTrue(tgz_created, msg="Could not find sstate .tgz files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_created)))
+        archives_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tar.zst$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(archives_created, msg="Could not find sstate .tar.zst files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(archives_created)))
 
         siginfo_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.siginfo$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
         self.assertTrue(siginfo_created, msg="Could not find sstate .siginfo files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(siginfo_created)))
 
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
-        tgz_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
-        self.assertTrue(not tgz_removed, msg="do_cleansstate didn't remove .tgz sstate files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_removed)))
+        archives_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tar.zst$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(not archives_removed, msg="do_cleansstate didn't remove .tar.zst sstate files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(archives_removed)))
 
     def test_cleansstate_task_distro_specific_nonspecific(self):
         targets = ['binutils-cross-'+ self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native']
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@
         bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
 
         bitbake(targets)
-        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True)
+        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tar.zst$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True)
         filtered_results = []
         for r in results:
-            if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tgz", "_populate_lic.tgz.siginfo")):
+            if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tar.zst", "_populate_lic.tar.zst.siginfo")):
                 continue
             filtered_results.append(r)
         self.assertTrue(filtered_results == [], msg="Found distro non-specific sstate for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(filtered_results)))
-        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
-        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_1) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tar.zst$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_1) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files were created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
 
         self.track_for_cleanup(self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
         shutil.copytree(self.distro_specific_sstate, self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@
 
         bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
         bitbake(targets)
-        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
-        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_2) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + r'.*?\.tar.zst$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_2) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files were created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
 
         not_recreated = [x for x in file_tracker_1 if x not in file_tracker_2]
-        self.assertTrue(not_recreated == [], msg="The following sstate files ware not recreated: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, not_recreated)))
+        self.assertTrue(not_recreated == [], msg="The following sstate files were not recreated: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, not_recreated)))
 
         created_once = [x for x in file_tracker_2 if x not in file_tracker_1]
-        self.assertTrue(created_once == [], msg="The following sstate files ware created only in the second run: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, created_once)))
+        self.assertTrue(created_once == [], msg="The following sstate files were created only in the second run: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, created_once)))
 
     def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_cross_native_targets(self):
         self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-cross-' + self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native'], temp_sstate_location=True)
@@ -188,23 +188,23 @@
             if not sstate_arch in sstate_archs_list:
                 sstate_archs_list.append(sstate_arch)
             if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
-                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$')
+                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tar.zst$')
             bitbake("-cclean %s" % target)
             result = bitbake(target, ignore_status=True)
             if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
-                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$')
+                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tar.zst$')
                 expected_remaining_sstate += [x for x in target_sstate_after_build if x not in target_sstate_before_build if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
             self.remove_config(global_config[idx])
             self.remove_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
             self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, msg = "build of %s failed with %s" % (target, result.output))
 
         runCmd("sstate-cache-management.sh -y --cache-dir=%s --remove-duplicated --extra-archs=%s" % (self.sstate_path, ','.join(map(str, sstate_archs_list))))
-        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tgz$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + r'.*?\.tar.zst$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
 
         actual_not_expected = [x for x in actual_remaining_sstate if x not in expected_remaining_sstate]
-        self.assertFalse(actual_not_expected, msg="Files should have been removed but ware not: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, actual_not_expected)))
+        self.assertFalse(actual_not_expected, msg="Files should have been removed but were not: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, actual_not_expected)))
         expected_not_actual = [x for x in expected_remaining_sstate if x not in actual_remaining_sstate]
-        self.assertFalse(expected_not_actual, msg="Extra files ware removed: %s" ', '.join(map(str, expected_not_actual)))
+        self.assertFalse(expected_not_actual, msg="Extra files were removed: %s" ', '.join(map(str, expected_not_actual)))
 
     def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_1(self):
         global_config = []
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 1659926..78c7a46 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 def removebuilddir(d):
     delay = 5
-    while delay and os.path.exists(d + "/bitbake.lock"):
+    while delay and (os.path.exists(d + "/bitbake.lock") or os.path.exists(d + "/cache/hashserv.db-wal")):
         time.sleep(1)
         delay = delay - 1
     # Deleting these directories takes a lot of time, use autobuilder
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index d961a9a..0397148 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         # then add in the site-packages path components and add that
         # to the python sys.path so qmp.py can be found.
         python_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(self.logfile))
-        python_path += "/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages"
+        python_path += "/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib/qemu-python"
         sys.path.append(python_path)
         importlib.invalidate_caches()
         try: