diff --git a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
index 39973371b93..00664bcf432 100644
--- a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
+++ b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
@@ -861,27 +861,3 @@ class CbfsReader(object):
                 val += data[:pos]
                 break
         return val.decode('utf-8')
-
-
-def cbfstool(fname, *cbfs_args, **kwargs):
-    """Run cbfstool with provided arguments
-
-    If the tool fails then this function raises an exception and prints out the
-    output and stderr.
-
-    Args:
-        fname: Filename of CBFS
-        *cbfs_args: List of arguments to pass to cbfstool
-
-    Returns:
-        CommandResult object containing the results
-    """
-    args = ['cbfstool', fname] + list(cbfs_args)
-    if kwargs.get('base') is not None:
-        args += ['-b', '%#x' % kwargs['base']]
-    result = command.RunPipe([args], capture=not VERBOSE,
-                             capture_stderr=not VERBOSE, raise_on_error=False)
-    if result.return_code:
-        print(result.stderr, file=sys.stderr)
-        raise Exception("Failed to run (error %d): '%s'" %
-                        (result.return_code, ' '.join(args)))
diff --git a/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py b/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
index 2c62c8a0f81..70b42795bfd 100755
--- a/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
+++ b/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import struct
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
+from binman import bintool
 from binman import cbfs_util
 from binman.cbfs_util import CbfsWriter
 from binman import elf
@@ -45,11 +46,8 @@ class TestCbfs(unittest.TestCase):
         # compressing files
         tools.PrepareOutputDir(None)
 
-        cls.have_cbfstool = True
-        try:
-            tools.Run('which', 'cbfstool')
-        except:
-            cls.have_cbfstool = False
+        cls.cbfstool = bintool.Bintool.create('cbfstool')
+        cls.have_cbfstool = cls.cbfstool.is_present()
 
         cls.have_lz4 = True
         try:
@@ -177,19 +175,19 @@ class TestCbfs(unittest.TestCase):
         if not self.have_cbfstool or not self.have_lz4:
             return None
         cbfs_fname = os.path.join(self._indir, 'test.cbfs')
-        cbfs_util.cbfstool(cbfs_fname, 'create', '-m', arch, '-s', '%#x' % size)
+        self.cbfstool.create_new(cbfs_fname, size, arch)
         if base:
             base = [(1 << 32) - size + b for b in base]
-        cbfs_util.cbfstool(cbfs_fname, 'add', '-n', 'u-boot', '-t', 'raw',
-                           '-c', compress and compress[0] or 'none',
-                           '-f', tools.GetInputFilename(
-                               compress and 'compress' or 'u-boot.bin'),
-                           base=base[0] if base else None)
-        cbfs_util.cbfstool(cbfs_fname, 'add', '-n', 'u-boot-dtb', '-t', 'raw',
-                           '-c', compress and compress[1] or 'none',
-                           '-f', tools.GetInputFilename(
-                               compress and 'compress' or 'u-boot.dtb'),
-                           base=base[1] if base else None)
+        self.cbfstool.add_raw(
+            cbfs_fname, 'u-boot',
+            tools.GetInputFilename(compress and 'compress' or 'u-boot.bin'),
+            compress[0] if compress else None,
+            base[0] if base else None)
+        self.cbfstool.add_raw(
+            cbfs_fname, 'u-boot-dtb',
+            tools.GetInputFilename(compress and 'compress' or 'u-boot.dtb'),
+            compress[1] if compress else None,
+            base[1] if base else None)
         return cbfs_fname
 
     def _compare_expected_cbfs(self, data, cbfstool_fname):
@@ -223,18 +221,9 @@ class TestCbfs(unittest.TestCase):
         """Test failure to run cbfstool"""
         if not self.have_cbfstool:
             self.skipTest('No cbfstool available')
-        try:
-            # In verbose mode this test fails since stderr is not captured. Fix
-            # this by turning off verbosity.
-            old_verbose = cbfs_util.VERBOSE
-            cbfs_util.VERBOSE = False
-            with test_util.capture_sys_output() as (_stdout, stderr):
-                with self.assertRaises(Exception) as e:
-                    cbfs_util.cbfstool('missing-file', 'bad-command')
-        finally:
-            cbfs_util.VERBOSE = old_verbose
-        self.assertIn('Unknown command', stderr.getvalue())
-        self.assertIn('Failed to run', str(e.exception))
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as exc:
+            out = self.cbfstool.fail()
+        self.assertIn('cbfstool missing-file bad-command', str(exc.exception))
 
     def test_cbfs_raw(self):
         """Test base handling of a Coreboot Filesystem (CBFS)"""
@@ -515,10 +504,8 @@ class TestCbfs(unittest.TestCase):
         # Compare against what cbfstool creates
         if self.have_cbfstool:
             cbfs_fname = os.path.join(self._indir, 'test.cbfs')
-            cbfs_util.cbfstool(cbfs_fname, 'create', '-m', 'x86', '-s',
-                               '%#x' % size)
-            cbfs_util.cbfstool(cbfs_fname, 'add-stage', '-n', 'u-boot',
-                               '-f', elf_fname)
+            self.cbfstool.create_new(cbfs_fname, size)
+            self.cbfstool.add_stage(cbfs_fname, 'u-boot', elf_fname)
             self._compare_expected_cbfs(data, cbfs_fname)
 
     def test_cbfs_raw_compress(self):
