diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 243ded09bd..b05edfba5e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2315,12 +2315,6 @@
 				"@types/unist": "*"
 			}
 		},
-		"@types/mime-types": {
-			"version": "2.1.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha1-nKUs2jY/aZxpRmwqbM2q2RPqenM=",
-			"dev": true
-		},
 		"@types/minimatch": {
 			"version": "3.0.3",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.3.tgz",
@@ -3930,14 +3924,6 @@
 						"tar-fs": "^2.0.0",
 						"unbzip2-stream": "^1.3.3",
 						"ws": "^7.2.3"
-					},
-					"dependencies": {
-						"devtools-protocol": {
-							"version": "0.0.818844",
-							"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/devtools-protocol/-/devtools-protocol-0.0.818844.tgz",
-							"integrity": "sha512-AD1hi7iVJ8OD0aMLQU5VK0XH9LDlA1+BcPIgrAxPfaibx2DbWucuyOhc4oyQCbnvDDO68nN6/LcKfqTP343Jjg==",
-							"dev": true
-						}
 					}
 				},
 				"rimraf": {
@@ -8065,6 +8051,12 @@
 			"integrity": "sha512-ZIzRpLJrOj7jjP2miAtgqIfmzbxa4ZOr5jJc601zklsfEx9oTzmmj2nVpIPRpNlRTIh8lc1kyViIY7BWSGNmKw==",
 			"dev": true
 		},
+		"devtools-protocol": {
+			"version": "0.0.818844",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/devtools-protocol/-/devtools-protocol-0.0.818844.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-AD1hi7iVJ8OD0aMLQU5VK0XH9LDlA1+BcPIgrAxPfaibx2DbWucuyOhc4oyQCbnvDDO68nN6/LcKfqTP343Jjg==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"diff": {
 			"version": "4.0.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/diff/-/diff-4.0.2.tgz",
@@ -18643,37 +18635,6 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A=="
 		},
-		"puppeteer": {
-			"version": "npm:puppeteer-core@3.0.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-core/-/puppeteer-core-3.0.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-oWjZFGMc0q2ak+8OxdmMffS79LIT0UEtmpV4h1/AARvESIqqKljf8mrfP+dQ2kas7XttsAZIxRBuWu7Y5JH8KQ==",
-			"dev": true,
-			"requires": {
-				"@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
-				"debug": "^4.1.0",
-				"extract-zip": "^2.0.0",
-				"https-proxy-agent": "^4.0.0",
-				"mime": "^2.0.3",
-				"mime-types": "^2.1.25",
-				"progress": "^2.0.1",
-				"proxy-from-env": "^1.0.0",
-				"rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-				"tar-fs": "^2.0.0",
-				"unbzip2-stream": "^1.3.3",
-				"ws": "^7.2.3"
-			},
-			"dependencies": {
-				"rimraf": {
-					"version": "3.0.2",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-JZkJMZkAGFFPP2YqXZXPbMlMBgsxzE8ILs4lMIX/2o0L9UBw9O/Y3o6wFw/i9YLapcUJWwqbi3kdxIPdC62TIA==",
-					"dev": true,
-					"requires": {
-						"glob": "^7.1.3"
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		},
 		"q": {
 			"version": "1.5.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/q/-/q-1.5.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8728b79753..7639511289 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 		"install-changed": "1.1.0",
 		"matchdep": "~2.0.0",
 		"prettier": "npm:wp-prettier@2.0.5",
-		"puppeteer": "npm:puppeteer-core@3.0.0",
 		"qunit": "~2.14.0",
 		"sass": "^1.32.8",
 		"sinon": "~9.2.4",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/run-tests.js b/tests/e2e/run-tests.js
index ecb3b85100..2d334c55df 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/run-tests.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/run-tests.js
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 const dotenv = require( 'dotenv' );
 const dotenv_expand = require( 'dotenv-expand' );
-const { sync: spawn } = require( 'cross-spawn' );
 const { execSync } = require( 'child_process' );
 
 // WP_BASE_URL interpolates LOCAL_PORT, so needs to be parsed by dotenv_expand().
 dotenv_expand( dotenv.config() );
 
-const result = spawn( 'node', [ require.resolve( 'puppeteer/install' ) ], {
-	stdio: 'inherit',
-} );
-if ( result.status > 0 ) {
-	process.exit( result.status );
-}
-
 // Run the tests, passing additional arguments through to the test script.
-execSync( 'wp-scripts test-e2e --config tests/e2e/jest.config.js ' + process.argv.slice( 2 ).join( ' ' ), { stdio: 'inherit' } );
+execSync(
+	'wp-scripts test-e2e --config tests/e2e/jest.config.js ' +
+		process.argv.slice( 2 ).join( ' ' ),
+	{ stdio: 'inherit' }
+);