diff --git a/jenkins/kola/qemu.sh b/jenkins/kola/qemu.sh
index 82ae81edcd..1496d50edf 100755
--- a/jenkins/kola/qemu.sh
+++ b/jenkins/kola/qemu.sh
@@ -1,75 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
-sudo rm -rf *.tap src/scripts/_kola_temp tmp _kola_temp*
-
-enter() {
-  bin/cork enter --bind-gpg-agent=false -- "$@"
-}
-
-# Set up GPG for verifying tags.
-export GNUPGHOME="${PWD}/.gnupg"
-rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"
-trap 'rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"' EXIT
-mkdir --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}"
-gpg --import verify.asc
-# Sometimes this directory is not created automatically making further private
-# key imports fail, let's create it here as a workaround
-mkdir -p --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}/private-keys-v1.d/"
-
-DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK="https://storage.googleapis.com${SDK_URL_PATH}"
-
-bin/cork update \
-    --create --downgrade-replace --verify --verify-signature --verbose \
-    --sdk-url-path "${SDK_URL_PATH}" \
-    --force-sync \
-    --manifest-branch "refs/tags/${MANIFEST_TAG}" \
-    --manifest-name "${MANIFEST_NAME}" \
-    --manifest-url "${MANIFEST_URL}" -- --dev_builds_sdk="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK}"
-source .repo/manifests/version.txt
-
-[ -s verify.asc ] && verify_key=--verify-key=verify.asc || verify_key=
-
-mkdir -p tmp
-bin/cork download-image \
-    --cache-dir=tmp \
-    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
-    --platform=qemu \
-    --root="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}" \
-    --verify=true $verify_key
-enter lbunzip2 -k -f /mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2
-
-# create folder to handle case where arm64 is missing
-sudo mkdir -p chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64
-# copy all of the latest mantle binaries into the chroot
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64 bin/arm64/*
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/amd64 bin/amd64/*
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/bin bin/[b-z]*
-
-if [[ "${KOLA_TESTS}" == "" ]]; then
-  KOLA_TESTS="*"
-fi
-
-rm -f flatcar_test_update.gz
-bin/gangue get \
-    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
-    --verify=true $verify_key \
-    "${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}/flatcar_test_update.gz"
-mv flatcar_test_update.gz tmp/
-
-# Do not expand the kola test patterns globs
-set -o noglob
-enter sudo timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 12h kola run \
-    --board="${BOARD}" \
-    --channel="${GROUP}" \
-    --parallel="${PARALLEL}" \
-    --platform=qemu \
-    --qemu-bios=bios-256k.bin \
-    --qemu-image=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin \
-    --tapfile="/mnt/host/source/${JOB_NAME##*/}.tap" \
-    --torcx-manifest=/mnt/host/source/torcx_manifest.json \
-    --update-payload=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_test_update.gz \
-    ${KOLA_TESTS}
-set +o noglob
-
-sudo rm -rf tmp
+SCRIPTFOLDER="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+"${SCRIPTFOLDER}/qemu_common.sh" qemu
diff --git a/jenkins/kola/qemu_common.sh b/jenkins/kola/qemu_common.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cfffd64a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/kola/qemu_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+PLATFORM="$1"
+if [ "${PLATFORM}" = qemu ]; then
+  TIMEOUT="12h"
+  BIOS="bios-256k.bin"
+elif [ "${PLATFORM}" = qemu_uefi ]; then
+  TIMEOUT="14h"
+  BIOS="/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_qemu_uefi_efi_code.fd"
+else
+  echo "Unknown platform: \"${PLATFORM}\""
+fi
+
+sudo rm -rf *.tap src/scripts/_kola_temp tmp _kola_temp*
+
+enter() {
+  bin/cork enter --bind-gpg-agent=false -- "$@"
+}
+
+# Set up GPG for verifying tags.
+export GNUPGHOME="${PWD}/.gnupg"
+rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"
+trap 'rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"' EXIT
+mkdir --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}"
+gpg --import verify.asc
+# Sometimes this directory is not created automatically making further private
+# key imports fail, let's create it here as a workaround
+mkdir -p --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}/private-keys-v1.d/"
+
+DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK="https://storage.googleapis.com${SDK_URL_PATH}"
+
+bin/cork update \
+    --create --downgrade-replace --verify --verify-signature --verbose \
+    --sdk-url-path "${SDK_URL_PATH}" \
+    --force-sync \
+    --manifest-branch "refs/tags/${MANIFEST_TAG}" \
+    --manifest-name "${MANIFEST_NAME}" \
+    --manifest-url "${MANIFEST_URL}" -- --dev_builds_sdk="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK}"
+source .repo/manifests/version.txt
+
+[ -s verify.asc ] && verify_key=--verify-key=verify.asc || verify_key=
+
+mkdir -p tmp
+bin/cork download-image \
+    --cache-dir=tmp \
+    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
+    --platform="${PLATFORM}" \
+    --root="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}" \
+    --verify=true $verify_key
+enter lbunzip2 -k -f /mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2
+
+# create folder to handle case where arm64 is missing
+sudo mkdir -p chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64
+# copy all of the latest mantle binaries into the chroot
+sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64 bin/arm64/*
+sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/amd64 bin/amd64/*
+sudo cp -t chroot/usr/bin bin/[b-z]*
+
+if [[ "${KOLA_TESTS}" == "" ]]; then
+  KOLA_TESTS="*"
+fi
+
+rm -f flatcar_test_update.gz
+bin/gangue get \
+    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
+    --verify=true $verify_key \
+    "${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}/flatcar_test_update.gz"
+mv flatcar_test_update.gz tmp/
+
+# Do not expand the kola test patterns globs
+set -o noglob
+enter sudo timeout --signal=SIGQUIT "${TIMEOUT}" kola run \
+    --board="${BOARD}" \
+    --channel="${GROUP}" \
+    --parallel="${PARALLEL}" \
+    --platform=qemu \
+    --qemu-bios="${BIOS}" \
+    --qemu-image=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin \
+    --tapfile="/mnt/host/source/${JOB_NAME##*/}.tap" \
+    --torcx-manifest=/mnt/host/source/torcx_manifest.json \
+    --update-payload=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_test_update.gz \
+    ${KOLA_TESTS}
+set +o noglob
+
+sudo rm -rf tmp
diff --git a/jenkins/kola/qemu_uefi.sh b/jenkins/kola/qemu_uefi.sh
index 59b3af5e38..5f28b82254 100755
--- a/jenkins/kola/qemu_uefi.sh
+++ b/jenkins/kola/qemu_uefi.sh
@@ -1,75 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
-sudo rm -rf *.tap src/scripts/_kola_temp tmp _kola_temp*
-
-enter() {
-  bin/cork enter --bind-gpg-agent=false -- "$@"
-}
-
-# Set up GPG for verifying tags.
-export GNUPGHOME="${PWD}/.gnupg"
-rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"
-trap 'rm -rf "${GNUPGHOME}"' EXIT
-mkdir --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}"
-gpg --import verify.asc
-# Sometimes this directory is not created automatically making further private
-# key imports fail, let's create it here as a workaround
-mkdir -p --mode=0700 "${GNUPGHOME}/private-keys-v1.d/"
-
-DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK="https://storage.googleapis.com${SDK_URL_PATH}"
-
-bin/cork update \
-    --create --downgrade-replace --verify --verify-signature --verbose \
-    --sdk-url-path "${SDK_URL_PATH}" \
-    --force-sync \
-    --manifest-branch "refs/tags/${MANIFEST_TAG}" \
-    --manifest-name "${MANIFEST_NAME}" \
-    --manifest-url "${MANIFEST_URL}" -- --dev_builds_sdk="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT_SDK}"
-source .repo/manifests/version.txt
-
-[ -s verify.asc ] && verify_key=--verify-key=verify.asc || verify_key=
-
-mkdir -p tmp
-bin/cork download-image \
-    --cache-dir=tmp \
-    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
-    --platform=qemu_uefi \
-    --root="${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}" \
-    --verify=true $verify_key
-enter lbunzip2 -k -f /mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2
-
-# create folder to handle case where arm64 is missing
-sudo mkdir -p chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64
-# copy all of the latest mantle binaries into the chroot
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/arm64 bin/arm64/*
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/lib/kola/amd64 bin/amd64/*
-sudo cp -t chroot/usr/bin bin/[b-z]*
-
-if [[ "${KOLA_TESTS}" == "" ]]; then
-  KOLA_TESTS="*"
-fi
-
-rm -f flatcar_test_update.gz
-bin/gangue get \
-    --json-key="${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}" \
-    --verify=true $verify_key \
-    "${DOWNLOAD_ROOT}/boards/${BOARD}/${FLATCAR_VERSION}/flatcar_test_update.gz"
-mv flatcar_test_update.gz tmp/
-
-# Do not expand the kola test patterns globs
-set -o noglob
-enter sudo timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 14h kola run \
-    --board="${BOARD}" \
-    --channel="${GROUP}" \
-    --parallel="${PARALLEL}" \
-    --platform=qemu \
-    --qemu-bios=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_qemu_uefi_efi_code.fd \
-    --qemu-image=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_production_image.bin \
-    --tapfile="/mnt/host/source/${JOB_NAME##*/}.tap" \
-    --torcx-manifest=/mnt/host/source/torcx_manifest.json \
-    --update-payload=/mnt/host/source/tmp/flatcar_test_update.gz \
-    ${KOLA_TESTS}
-set +o noglob
-
-sudo rm -rf tmp
+SCRIPTFOLDER="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+"${SCRIPTFOLDER}/qemu_common.sh" qemu_uefi