diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
index 20a08179..c175de62 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import WebSocket = require('ws');
-import { openTerminal, pollFor } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, pollFor, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
index a0b719e5..b10b6563 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 1024;
 const height = 768;
 
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
index cff7312c..85c5ae7f 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { readFile } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { openTerminal, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
@@ -197,18 +197,3 @@ function makeData(length: number): string {
   }
   return result;
 }
-
-function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType {
-  // Default to chromium
-  let browserType: playwright.BrowserType = playwright['chromium'];
-
-  const index = process.argv.indexOf('--browser');
-  if (index !== -1 && process.argv.length > index + 2 && typeof process.argv[index + 1] === 'string') {
-    const string = process.argv[index + 1];
-    if (string === 'firefox' || string === 'webkit') {
-      browserType = playwright[string];
-    }
-  }
-
-  return browserType;
-}
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
index c27263d2..aba4b091 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
index 3a0b4c13..36fe221a 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
index 5ac5eb50..318b0c23 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
index 7c954f9d..03127eb0 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { ITerminalOptions } from '../../../src/Types';
 import { ITheme } from 'xterm';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
 
-let browser: playwright.Browser;
-let page: playwright.Page;
+let browser: Browser;
+let page: Page;
 const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
@@ -912,18 +912,3 @@ const COLORS_16_TO_255 = [
   '#ffd7d7', '#ffd7ff', '#ffff00', '#ffff5f', '#ffff87', '#ffffaf', '#ffffd7', '#ffffff', '#080808', '#121212', '#1c1c1c', '#262626', '#303030', '#3a3a3a', '#444444', '#4e4e4e',
   '#585858', '#626262', '#6c6c6c', '#767676', '#808080', '#8a8a8a', '#949494', '#9e9e9e', '#a8a8a8', '#b2b2b2', '#bcbcbc', '#c6c6c6', '#d0d0d0', '#dadada', '#e4e4e4', '#eeeeee'
 ];
-
-function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType {
-  // Default to chromium
-  let browserType: playwright.BrowserType = playwright['chromium'];
-
-  const index = process.argv.indexOf('--browser');
-  if (index !== -1 && process.argv.length > index + 2 && typeof process.argv[index + 1] === 'string') {
-    const string = process.argv[index + 1];
-    if (string === 'firefox' || string === 'webkit') {
-      browserType = playwright[string];
-    }
-  }
-
-  return browserType;
-}
diff --git a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
index a33ca328..1bafea50 100644
--- a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { pollFor, getBrowserType, openTerminal } from './TestUtils';
+import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
diff --git a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
index 5b315a24..0bfc9648 100644
--- a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { ITerminalOptions } from 'xterm';
 import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
-import { Page, Browser } from 'playwright';
+import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 import { IRenderDimensions } from 'browser/renderer/Types';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/test';
diff --git a/test/api/TestUtils.ts b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
index a579328c..a78dab44 100644
--- a/test/api/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function timeout(ms: number): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise<void>(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
 }
 
-export async function openTerminal(page: puppeteer.Page, options: ITerminalOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
+export async function openTerminal(page: playwright.Page, options: ITerminalOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
   await page.evaluate(`window.term = new Terminal(${JSON.stringify(options)})`);
   await page.evaluate(`window.term.open(document.querySelector('#terminal-container'))`);
   if (options.rendererType === 'dom') {