diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
index ee6221067..bb407c8f3 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SearchTest.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package org.mozilla.fenix.ui
 
+import org.junit.Ignore
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.HomeActivityTestRule
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class SearchTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Ignore("This test cannot run on virtual devices due to camera permissions being required")
     @Test
     fun scanButtonTest() {
         homeScreen { }.dismissOnboarding()
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@ class SearchTest {
         homeScreen {
         }.openSearch {
             clickScanButton()
-            verifyScanPrompt()
             clickDenyPermission()
             clickScanButton()
             clickAllowPermission()
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
index 22eaf9698..70076135a 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/SearchRobot.kt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class SearchRobot {
     fun verifySearchView() = assertSearchView()
     fun verifyBrowserToolbar() = assertBrowserToolbarEditView()
     fun verifyScanButton() = assertScanButton()
-    fun verifyScanPrompt() = assertScanPrompt()
     fun verifyShortcutsButton() = assertShortcutsButton()
     fun verifySearchWithText() = assertSearchWithText()
     fun verifyDuckDuckGoResults() = assertDuckDuckGoResults()
@@ -107,9 +106,15 @@ private fun allowPermissionButton(): UiObject {
     return mDevice.findObject(UiSelector().text("Allow"))
 }
 
-private fun scanButton() = onView(allOf(withId(R.id.search_scan_button)))
+private fun scanButton(): ViewInteraction {
+    mDevice.wait(Until.findObject(By.res("R.id.search_scan_button")), TestAssetHelper.waitingTime)
+    return onView(allOf(withId(R.id.search_scan_button)))
+}
 
-private fun shortcutsButton() = onView(withId(R.id.search_shortcuts_button))
+private fun shortcutsButton(): ViewInteraction {
+    mDevice.wait(Until.findObjects(By.res("R.id.search_shortcuts_button")), TestAssetHelper.waitingTime)
+    return onView(withId(R.id.search_shortcuts_button))
+}
 
 private fun assertDuckDuckGoURL() {
     onView(allOf(withText(startsWith("https://duckduckgo.com"))))
@@ -129,10 +134,6 @@ private fun assertBrowserToolbarEditView() =
     onView(Matchers.allOf(withId(R.id.mozac_browser_toolbar_edit_url_view)))
         .check(matches(ViewMatchers.withEffectiveVisibility(ViewMatchers.Visibility.VISIBLE)))
 
-private fun assertScanPrompt() =
-    onView(Matchers.allOf(withText("Allow Firefox Preview to take pictures and record video?")))
-        .check(matches(ViewMatchers.withEffectiveVisibility(ViewMatchers.Visibility.VISIBLE)))
-
 private fun assertScanButton() =
     onView(allOf(withText("Scan")))
         .check(matches(ViewMatchers.withEffectiveVisibility(ViewMatchers.Visibility.VISIBLE)))