diff --git a/tests/sys/net/if_bridge_test.sh b/tests/sys/net/if_bridge_test.sh
index a20eae49998f..b848a03b273d 100755
--- a/tests/sys/net/if_bridge_test.sh
+++ b/tests/sys/net/if_bridge_test.sh
@@ -1,348 +1,337 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
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 # Copyright (c) 2020 The FreeBSD Foundation
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 # This software was developed by Kristof Provost under sponsorship
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 . $(atf_get_srcdir)/../common/vnet.subr
 
 atf_test_case "bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast" "cleanup"
 bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast bridging test'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	epair_alcatraz=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	epair_singsing=$(vnet_mkepair)
 
 	vnet_mkjail alcatraz ${epair_alcatraz}b
 	vnet_mkjail singsing ${epair_singsing}b
 
 	jexec alcatraz ifconfig ${epair_alcatraz}b 192.0.2.1/24 up
 	jexec singsing ifconfig ${epair_singsing}b 192.0.2.2/24 up
 
 	bridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 
 	ifconfig ${bridge} up
 	ifconfig ${epair_alcatraz}a up
 	ifconfig ${epair_singsing}a up
 	ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair_alcatraz}a
 	ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair_singsing}a
 
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore jexec alcatraz ping -c 3 -t 1 192.0.2.2
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore jexec singsing ping -c 3 -t 1 192.0.2.1
 }
 
 bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "stp" "cleanup"
 stp_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Spanning tree test'
 	atf_set require.user root
-	atf_set require.progs jq
 }
 
 stp_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	epair_one=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	epair_two=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	bridge_a=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 	bridge_b=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 
 	vnet_mkjail a ${bridge_a} ${epair_one}a ${epair_two}a
 	vnet_mkjail b ${bridge_b} ${epair_one}b ${epair_two}b
 
-	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} up
 	jexec a ifconfig ${epair_one}a up
 	jexec a ifconfig ${epair_two}a up
 	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} addm ${epair_one}a
 	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} addm ${epair_two}a
 
-	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} up
 	jexec b ifconfig ${epair_one}b up
 	jexec b ifconfig ${epair_two}b up
 	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} addm ${epair_one}b
 	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} addm ${epair_two}b
 
 	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} 192.0.2.1/24
 
-	# Give the interfaces some time to come up and pass some traffic
-	sleep 5
-
-	# Confirm that there's looping traffic
-	nbr=$(jexec a netstat -I ${bridge_a} --libxo json \
-		| jq ".statistics.interface[0].\"received-packets\"")
-	if [ ${nbr} -lt 100 ]
-	then
-		atf_fail "Expected bridging loop, but found very few packets."
-	fi
-
 	# Enable spanning tree
 	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} stp ${epair_one}a
 	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} stp ${epair_two}a
 	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} stp ${epair_one}b
 	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} stp ${epair_two}b
 
+	jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} up
+	jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} up
+
 	# Give STP time to do its thing
 	sleep 5
 
 	a_discard=$(jexec a ifconfig ${bridge_a} | grep discarding)
 	b_discard=$(jexec b ifconfig ${bridge_b} | grep discarding)
 
 	if [ -z "${a_discard}" ] && [ -z "${b_discard}" ]
 	then
 		atf_fail "STP failed to detect bridging loop"
 	fi
 }
 
 stp_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "static" "cleanup"
 static_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Bridge static address test'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 static_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	epair=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	bridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 
 	vnet_mkjail one ${bridge} ${epair}a
 
 	ifconfig ${epair}b up
 
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${epair}a up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair}a
 
 	# Wrong interface
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -o ignore -e ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} static ${epair}b 00:01:02:03:04:05
 
 	# Bad address format
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -o ignore -e ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} static ${epair}a 00:01:02:03:04
 
 	# Correct add
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} static ${epair}a 00:01:02:03:04:05
 
 	# List addresses
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} addr
 
 	# Delete with bad address format
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -o ignore -e ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} deladdr 00:01:02:03:04
 
 	# Delete with unlisted address
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -o ignore -e ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} deladdr 00:01:02:03:04:06
 
 	# Correct delete
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore \
 	    jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} deladdr 00:01:02:03:04:05
 }
 
 static_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "span" "cleanup"
 span_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Bridge span test'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 span_body()
 {
 	set -x
 	vnet_init
 
 	epair=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	epair_span=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	bridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 
 	vnet_mkjail one ${bridge} ${epair}a ${epair_span}a
 
 	ifconfig ${epair}b up
 	ifconfig ${epair_span}b up
 
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${epair}a up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${epair_span}a up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair}a
 
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} span ${epair_span}a
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} 192.0.2.1/24
 
 	# Send some traffic through the span
 	jexec one ping -c 1 -t 1 192.0.2.2
 
 	# Check that we see the traffic on the span interface
 	atf_check -s exit:0 \
 		$(atf_get_srcdir)/../netpfil/common/pft_ping.py \
 		--sendif ${epair}b \
 		--to 192.0.2.2 \
 		--recvif ${epair_span}b
 
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} -span ${epair_span}a
 
 	# And no more traffic after we remove the span
 	atf_check -s exit:1 \
 		$(atf_get_srcdir)/../netpfil/common/pft_ping.py \
 		--sendif ${epair}b \
 		--to 192.0.2.2 \
 		--recvif ${epair_span}b
 }
 
 span_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "delete_with_members" "cleanup"
 delete_with_members_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Delete a bridge which still has member interfaces'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 delete_with_members_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	bridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 	epair=$(vnet_mkepair)
 
 	ifconfig ${bridge} 192.0.2.1/24 up
 	ifconfig ${epair}a up
 	ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair}a
 
 	ifconfig ${bridge} destroy
 }
 
 delete_with_members_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "mac_conflict" "cleanup"
 mac_conflict_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Ensure that bridges in different jails get different mac addresses'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 mac_conflict_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	epair=$(vnet_mkepair)
 
 	# Ensure the bridge module is loaded so jails can use it.
 	tmpbridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 
 	vnet_mkjail bridge_mac_conflict_one ${epair}a
 	vnet_mkjail bridge_mac_conflict_two ${epair}b
 
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_one ifconfig bridge create
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_one ifconfig bridge0 192.0.2.1/24 up \
 	    addm ${epair}a
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_one ifconfig ${epair}a up
 
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_two ifconfig bridge create
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_two ifconfig bridge0 192.0.2.2/24 up \
 	    addm ${epair}b
 	jexec bridge_mac_conflict_two ifconfig ${epair}b up
 
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o ignore \
 	    jexec bridge_mac_conflict_one ping -c 3 192.0.2.2
 }
 
 mac_conflict_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_test_case "inherit_mac" "cleanup"
 inherit_mac_head()
 {
 	atf_set descr 'Bridge inherit_mac test, #216510'
 	atf_set require.user root
 }
 
 inherit_mac_body()
 {
 	vnet_init
 
 	bridge=$(vnet_mkbridge)
 	epair=$(vnet_mkepair)
 	vnet_mkjail one ${bridge} ${epair}a
 
 	jexec one sysctl net.link.bridge.inherit_mac=1
 
 	# Attempt to provoke the panic described in #216510
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} 192.0.0.1/24 up
 	jexec one ifconfig ${bridge} addm ${epair}a
 }
 
 inherit_mac_cleanup()
 {
 	vnet_cleanup
 }
 
 atf_init_test_cases()
 {
 	atf_add_test_case "bridge_transmit_ipv4_unicast"
 	atf_add_test_case "stp"
 	atf_add_test_case "static"
 	atf_add_test_case "span"
 	atf_add_test_case "inherit_mac"
 	atf_add_test_case "delete_with_members"
 	atf_add_test_case "mac_conflict"
 }