diff --git a/playwright/support/utils/session.ts b/playwright/support/utils/session.ts
index 990f91ad8..f4806e2f0 100644
--- a/playwright/support/utils/session.ts
+++ b/playwright/support/utils/session.ts
@@ -3,80 +3,14 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-import { getContainer } from '@nextcloud/cypress/docker'
+import { runExec, addUser } from '@nextcloud/cypress/docker'
 import { expect, type APIRequestContext } from '@playwright/test'
 
-/**
- * Run a shell command on the docker container
- * @param command The command to run on the docker container
- * @param options Options to pass
- * @param options.env Process environment to pass
- * @param options.user User to use for executing the command
- * @param options.rejectOnError Reject the returned promise in case of non-zero exit code
- */
-export async function runShell(
-	command: string,
-	options?: {
-		user?: string
-		rejectOnError?: boolean
-		env?: Record<string, string | number>
-	},
-) {
-	const container = getContainer()
-
-	const exec = await container.exec({
-		Cmd: ['sh', '-c', command],
-		Env: Object.entries(options?.env ?? {}).map(
-			([name, value]) => `${name}=${value}`,
-		),
-		User: options?.user,
-		AttachStderr: true,
-		AttachStdout: true,
-	})
-
-	const stream = await exec.start({})
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		let data = ''
-		stream.on('data', (chunk: string) => {
-			data += chunk
-		})
-		stream.on('error', (error: unknown) => reject(error))
-		stream.on('end', async () => {
-			const inspect = await exec.inspect({})
-			if (options?.rejectOnError !== false && inspect.ExitCode) {
-				reject(data)
-			} else {
-				resolve(data)
-			}
-		})
-	})
-}
-
-/**
- * Run an OCC command
- * @param command OCC command to run
- * @param options Options to pass
- * @param options.env Process environment to pass
- * @param options.rejectOnError Reject the returned promise in case of non-zero exit code
- */
-export async function runOCC(
-	command: string,
-	options?: {
-		env?: Record<string, string | number>
-		rejectOnError?: boolean
-	},
-) {
-	return await runShell(`php ./occ ${command}`, {
-		...options,
-		user: 'www-data',
-	})
-}
-
 /**
  * Restore database and data folder for tests
  */
 export function restoreDatabase() {
-	runShell('rm -rf data && tar -xf backup.tar')
+	runExec('rm -rf data && tar -xf backup.tar')
 }
 
 /**
@@ -116,8 +50,6 @@ export async function login(
  */
 export async function createRandomUser(): Promise<string> {
 	const uid = (Math.random() + 1).toString(36).substring(7)
-	await runOCC(`user:add --password-from-env ${uid}`, {
-		env: { OC_PASS: uid },
-	})
+	await addUser(uid)
 	return uid
 }