diff --git a/android_env/components/adb_controller.py b/android_env/components/adb_controller.py
index 53191f4..1e0b5dd 100644
--- a/android_env/components/adb_controller.py
+++ b/android_env/components/adb_controller.py
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ class AdbController:
   def __init__(self, config: config_classes.AdbControllerConfig):
     """Instantiates an AdbController object."""
 
-    self._device_name = config.device_name
-    self._adb_path = os.path.expandvars(config.adb_path)
-    self._adb_server_port = str(config.adb_server_port)
-    self._default_timeout = config.default_timeout
-    logging.info('adb_path: %r', self._adb_path)
+    self._config = config
+    logging.info('config: %r', self._config)
 
     # Unset problematic environment variables. ADB commands will fail if these
     # are set. They are normally exported by AndroidStudio.
@@ -52,9 +49,13 @@ def __init__(self, config: config_classes.AdbControllerConfig):
 
   def command_prefix(self, include_device_name: bool = True) -> list[str]:
     """The command for instantiating an adb client to this server."""
-    command_prefix = [self._adb_path, '-P', self._adb_server_port]
+    command_prefix = [
+        self._config.adb_path,
+        '-P',
+        str(self._config.adb_server_port),
+    ]
     if include_device_name:
-      command_prefix.extend(['-s', self._device_name])
+      command_prefix.extend(['-s', self._config.device_name])
     return command_prefix
 
   def init_server(self, timeout: float | None = None):
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ def execute_command(
     Returns:
       The output of running such command as a binary string.
     """
-    timeout = self._default_timeout if timeout is None else timeout
+    timeout = self._config.default_timeout if timeout is None else timeout
     command = self.command_prefix(include_device_name=device_specific) + args
     command_str = 'adb ' + ' '.join(command[1:])
 
diff --git a/android_env/components/config_classes.py b/android_env/components/config_classes.py
index 49e0eba..d443e2b 100644
--- a/android_env/components/config_classes.py
+++ b/android_env/components/config_classes.py
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@
 class AdbControllerConfig:
   """Settings for instatiating an `AdbController` instance."""
 
-  # Name of the device to communicate with.
-  device_name: str = ''
   # Filesystem path to the `adb` binary.
+  # NOTE: This must be a full path and must not contain environment variables
+  # or user folder shorthands (e.g. `~/some/path/to/adb`) since they will not be
+  # expanded internally by AndroidEnv.
   adb_path: str = 'adb'
   # Port for adb server.
   adb_server_port: int = 5037
   # Default timeout in seconds for internal commands.
   default_timeout: float = 120.0
+  # Name of the device to communicate with.
+  device_name: str = ''
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
diff --git a/android_env/components/simulators/emulator/emulator_launcher.py b/android_env/components/simulators/emulator/emulator_launcher.py
index 22c4932..951d5c0 100644
--- a/android_env/components/simulators/emulator/emulator_launcher.py
+++ b/android_env/components/simulators/emulator/emulator_launcher.py
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ def __init__(
     """
 
     self._adb_controller_config = adb_controller_config
-    self._adb_controller_config.adb_path = os.path.expandvars(
-        self._adb_controller_config.adb_path
-    )
-
     self._adb_port = adb_port
     self._emulator_console_port = emulator_console_port
     self._grpc_port = grpc_port