diff --git a/lib/commands/general.js b/lib/commands/general.js
index d8f678b61..018eadf0b 100644
--- a/lib/commands/general.js
+++ b/lib/commands/general.js
@@ -202,15 +202,6 @@ const GeneralMixin = {
     );
   },
 
-  /**
-   * Overriding appium-android-driver's wrapBootstrapDisconnect,
-   * unlike in appium-android-driver avoiding adb restarting as it intern
-   * kills UiAutomator2 server running in the device.
-   **/
-  async wrapBootstrapDisconnect(wrapped) {
-    await wrapped();
-  },
-
   // Stop proxying to any Chromedriver and redirect to uiautomator2
   suspendChromedriverProxy() {
     this.chromedriver = undefined;
diff --git a/lib/commands/mixins.ts b/lib/commands/mixins.ts
index 88103f886..7c2d631d0 100644
--- a/lib/commands/mixins.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/mixins.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * @module
- * @privateRemarks These mixins are kind of a mishmash of stuff from `appium-android-driver`, unique things, and stuff from `ExternalDriver`. Ideally, we should be pulling the method definitions right out of `ExternalDriver` whenever possible.  Also note that the mixins contain _more stuff than just commands or execute methods_.
+ * @privateRemarks These mixins are kind of a mishmash of stuff from `appium-android-driver`,
+ * @privateRemarks unique things, and stuff from `ExternalDriver`. Ideally, we should be pulling the method
+ * @privateRemarks definitions right out of `ExternalDriver` whenever possible.  Also note that the mixins
+ * @privateRemarks contain _more stuff than just commands or execute methods_.
  */
 
 import type {Element, ExternalDriver, StringRecord} from '@appium/types';
@@ -87,7 +90,6 @@ export type UIA2GeneralMixin = UIA2Mixin<
     | 'getWindowSize'
     | 'getWindowRect'
     | 'setUrl'
-    | 'wrapBootstrapDisconnect'
     | 'keyevent'
     | 'execute'
     | 'executeMobile'
diff --git a/lib/driver.ts b/lib/driver.ts
index 2d39645bf..617bda44c 100644
--- a/lib/driver.ts
+++ b/lib/driver.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import uiautomator2Helpers from './helpers';
 import {newMethodMap} from './method-map';
 import type {
   Uiautomator2Settings,
-  Uiautomator2CreateResult,
   Uiautomator2DeviceDetails,
   Uiautomator2DeviceInfo,
   Uiautomator2DriverCaps,
@@ -163,14 +162,12 @@ const CHROME_NO_PROXY: RouteMatcher[] = [
 const MEMOIZED_FUNCTIONS = ['getStatusBarHeight', 'getDevicePixelRatio'] as const;
 
 class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
-  extends AndroidDriver<Uiautomator2Settings, Uiautomator2CreateResult>
+  extends AndroidDriver
   implements
     ExternalDriver<
       Uiautomator2Constraints,
       string,
-      StringRecord,
-      Uiautomator2Settings,
-      Uiautomator2CreateResult
+      StringRecord
     >
 {
   static newMethodMap = newMethodMap;
@@ -236,12 +233,12 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     );
   }
 
-  override async createSession(
+  async createSession(
     w3cCaps1: W3CUiautomator2DriverCaps,
     w3cCaps2?: W3CUiautomator2DriverCaps,
     w3cCaps3?: W3CUiautomator2DriverCaps,
     driverData?: DriverData[]
-  ): Promise<Uiautomator2CreateResult> {
+  ): Promise<any> {
     try {
       // TODO handle otherSessionData for multiple sessions
       const [sessionId, caps] = (await BaseDriver.prototype.createSession.call(
@@ -340,11 +337,7 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     return {...sessionData, ...uia2Data};
   }
 
-  override isEmulator() {
-    return helpers.isEmulator(this.adb, this.opts);
-  }
-
-  override setAvdFromCapabilities(caps: Uiautomator2StartSessionOpts) {
+  setAvdFromCapabilities(caps: Uiautomator2StartSessionOpts) {
     if (this.opts.avd) {
       this.log.info('avd name defined, ignoring device name and platform version');
     } else {
@@ -737,7 +730,7 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     });
   }
 
-  override async deleteSession() {
+  async deleteSession() {
     this.log.debug('Deleting UiAutomator2 session');
 
     const screenRecordingStopTasks = [
@@ -871,7 +864,7 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     await BaseDriver.prototype.deleteSession.call(this);
   }
 
-  override async checkAppPresent() {
+  async checkAppPresent() {
     this.log.debug('Checking whether app is actually present');
     if (!(await fs.exists(this.opts.app))) {
       this.log.errorAndThrow(`Could not find app apk at '${this.opts.app}'`);
@@ -879,36 +872,24 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     }
   }
 
-  override async onSettingsUpdate() {
+  async onSettingsUpdate() {
     // intentionally do nothing here, since commands.updateSettings proxies
     // settings to the uiauto2 server already
   }
 
-  // Need to override android-driver's version of this since we don't actually
-  // have a bootstrap; instead we just restart adb and re-forward the UiAutomator2
-  // port
-  override async wrapBootstrapDisconnect(wrapped: () => Promise<void>) {
-    await wrapped();
-    this.adb!.restart();
-    await this.allocateSystemPort();
-    await this.allocateMjpegServerPort();
-  }
-
-  override proxyActive(sessionId: string) {
-    BaseDriver.prototype.proxyActive.call(this, sessionId);
-
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  proxyActive(sessionId: string) {
     // we always have an active proxy to the UiAutomator2 server
     return true;
   }
 
-  override canProxy(sessionId: string) {
-    BaseDriver.prototype.canProxy.call(this, sessionId);
-
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  canProxy(sessionId: string) {
     // we can always proxy to the uiautomator2 server
     return true;
   }
 
-  override getProxyAvoidList() {
+  getProxyAvoidList() {
     // we are maintaining two sets of NO_PROXY lists, one for chromedriver(CHROME_NO_PROXY)
     // and one for uiautomator2(NO_PROXY), based on current context will return related NO_PROXY list
     if (util.hasValue(this.chromedriver)) {
@@ -927,10 +908,6 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
     return this.jwpProxyAvoid;
   }
 
-  get isChromeSession() {
-    return helpers.isChromeBrowser(this.opts.browserName);
-  }
-
   async updateSettings(settings: Uiautomator2Settings) {
     await this.settings.update(settings);
     await this.uiautomator2!.jwproxy.command('/appium/settings', 'POST', {settings});
@@ -942,7 +919,7 @@ class AndroidUiautomator2Driver
       '/appium/settings',
       'GET'
     )) as Partial<Uiautomator2Settings>;
-    return {...driverSettings, ...serverSettings};
+    return {...driverSettings, ...serverSettings} as any;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index a15797400..ce80765d7 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type {DriverCaps, DriverOpts, W3CDriverCaps} from '@appium/types';
-import type {AndroidSettings} from 'appium-android-driver';
 import type {EmptyObject} from 'type-fest';
 import type {RelativeRect} from './commands/types';
 import type {Uiautomator2Constraints} from './constraints';
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ export interface Uiautomator2SessionCaps
     Uiautomator2DeviceInfo,
     Uiautomator2DeviceDetails {}
 
-export type Uiautomator2CreateResult = [string, Uiautomator2SessionCaps];
-
-export interface Uiautomator2Settings extends AndroidSettings {
+export interface Uiautomator2Settings {
+  ignoreUnimportantViews: boolean;
   allowInvisibleElements: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43e75dedd..d7731f656 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "appium-adb": "^9.14.12",
-    "appium-android-driver": "^6.0.0",
+    "appium-android-driver": "^7.0.1",
     "appium-chromedriver": "^5.6.5",
     "appium-uiautomator2-server": "^5.12.2",
     "asyncbox": "^2.3.1",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 84b0b4a37..7a1536271 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "outDir": "build",
     "strict": false,
     "checkJs": true,
-    "types": ["node", "mocha", "sinon-chai", "chai-as-promised"]
+    "types": ["node"]
   },
   "include": ["lib", "index.js"]
 }