diff --git a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py b/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
index 116e1c75..bbb3ada4 100644
--- a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
+++ b/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ from subiquity.ui.views.installprogress import ProgressView
 
 log = logging.getLogger("subiquitycore.controller.installprogress")
 
-TARGET = '/target'
-
 
 class InstallState:
     NOT_STARTED = 0
@@ -161,8 +159,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(BaseController):
 
         ident = self._event_syslog_identifier
         self._write_config(config_location,
-                           self.base_model.render(target=TARGET,
-                                                  syslog_identifier=ident))
+                           self.base_model.render(syslog_identifier=ident))
 
         return curtin_cmd
 
@@ -228,20 +225,16 @@ class InstallProgressController(BaseController):
             self.reboot()
 
     def configure_cloud_init(self):
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
-            target = '.subiquity'
-        else:
-            target = TARGET
-        self.base_model.configure_cloud_init(target)
+        self.base_model.configure_cloud_init()
 
     def copy_logs_to_target(self):
         if self.opts.dry_run:
             return
-        utils.run_command(['cp', '-aT', '/var/log/installer',
-                           '/target/var/log/installer'])
+        target_logs = os.path.join(self.base_model.target, 'var/log/installer')
+        utils.run_command(['cp', '-aT', '/var/log/installer', target_logs])
         try:
-            with open('/target/var/log/installer/installer-journal.txt',
-                      'w') as output:
+            with open(os.path.join(target_logs,
+                                   'installer-journal.txt'), 'w') as output:
                 utils.run_command(
                     ['journalctl'],
                     stdout=output, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
diff --git a/subiquity/models/subiquity.py b/subiquity/models/subiquity.py
index 16486de7..7b6dac3b 100644
--- a/subiquity/models/subiquity.py
+++ b/subiquity/models/subiquity.py
@@ -42,20 +42,11 @@ def setup_yaml():
 setup_yaml()
 
 
-def get_all_groups(dry_run):
-    command = ['chroot', '/target', 'getent', 'group']
-    if dry_run:
-        del command[:2]
-    cp = run_command(command, check=True)
-    groups = set()
-    for line in cp.stdout.splitlines():
-        groups.add(line.split(':')[0])
-    return groups
-
-
 class SubiquityModel:
     """The overall model for subiquity."""
 
+    target = '/target'
+
     def __init__(self, common):
         root = '/'
         self.opts = common['opts']
@@ -71,6 +62,16 @@ class SubiquityModel:
         self.mirror = MirrorModel()
         self.snaplist = SnapListModel()
 
+    def get_target_groups(self):
+        command = ['chroot', self.target, 'getent', 'group']
+        if self.opts.dry_run:
+            del command[:2]
+        cp = run_command(command, check=True)
+        groups = set()
+        for line in cp.stdout.splitlines():
+            groups.add(line.split(':')[0])
+        return groups
+
     def _cloud_init_config(self):
         user = self.identity.user
         users_and_groups_path = (
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ class SubiquityModel:
         else:
             groups = ['admin']
         groups.append('sudo')
-        all_groups = get_all_groups(self.opts.dry_run)
-        groups = [group for group in groups if group in all_groups]
+        groups = [group for group in groups
+                  if group in self.get_target_groups()]
         user_info = {
             'name': user.username,
             'gecos': user.realname,
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ class SubiquityModel:
             ('etc/cloud/ds-identify.cfg', 'policy: enabled\n'),
             ]
 
-    def configure_cloud_init(self, target):
+    def configure_cloud_init(self):
         for path, content in self._cloud_init_files():
-            path = os.path.join(target, path)
+            path = os.path.join(self.target, path)
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok=True)
             with open(path, 'w') as fp:
                 fp.write(content)
 
-    def render(self, target, syslog_identifier):
+    def render(self, syslog_identifier):
         config = {
             'apt': {
                 'http_proxy': self.proxy.proxy,
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class SubiquityModel:
                 },
 
             'install': {
-                'target': target,
+                'target': self.target,
                 'unmount': 'disabled',
                 'save_install_config':
                     '/var/log/installer/curtin-install-cfg.yaml',