diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
index fdef5c41..625e1b4d 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/src/AttachAddon.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('AttachAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
index f154a30e..760a3176 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.api.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let isFirefox = false;
 
 describe('FitAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
index 741ddea2..21238332 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Search Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
index 992f9351..824b4b89 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/src/SerializeAddon.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('SerializeAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
index 5729751a..983e795f 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/src/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Unicode11Addon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
index 219e7490..b2516cdf 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/src/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
index a170132a..cd90ddd9 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.api.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const height = 600;
 let itWebgl: (expectation: string, callback?: (this: Mocha.ITestCallbackContext, done: MochaDone) => any) => Mocha.ITest | void;
 
 describe('WebGL Renderer Integration Tests', async () => {
-  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+  const browserType = getBrowserType();
   const isHeadless = process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1;
   // Firefox works only in non-headless mode https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/1032
   const areTestsEnabled = browserType.name() === 'chromium' || (browserType.name() === 'firefox' && !isHeadless);
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ async function getCellColor(col: number, row: number): Promise<number[]> {
 }
 
 async function setupBrowser(options: ITerminalOptions = { rendererType: 'dom' }): Promise<void> {
-  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+  const browserType = getBrowserType();
   browser = await browserType.launch({
     headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
     args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
index 26cf488e..b5cb5838 100644
--- a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('CharWidth Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
index 881a2e35..d4018d90 100644
--- a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let isChromium = false;
 
 describe('InputHandler Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     isChromium = browserType.name() === 'chromium';
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
diff --git a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
index 4867902e..4d10a987 100644
--- a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function parseReport(encoding: string, msg: number[]): { state: any; row: number
  * Mouse tracking tests.
  */
 describe('Mouse Tracking Tests', async () => {
-  const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+  const browserType = getBrowserType();
   browserType.name() === 'chromium';
   const itMouse = isChromium ? it : it.skip;
 
diff --git a/test/api/Parser.api.ts b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
index 07b677ab..29dcbb0b 100644
--- a/test/api/Parser.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Parser Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
index 00eba4bb..fce17511 100644
--- a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('API Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async () => {
-    const browserType = await getBrowserType();
+    const browserType = getBrowserType();
     browser = await browserType.launch({
       headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1,
       args: [`--window-size=${width},${height}`, `--no-sandbox`]
diff --git a/test/api/TestUtils.ts b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
index 60044746..987940d0 100644
--- a/test/api/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function openTerminal(page: playwright.Page, options: ITerminalOpti
   }
 }
 
-export async function getBrowserType(): Promise<playwright.BrowserType> {
+export function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType {
   // Default to chromium
   let browserType: playwright.BrowserType = playwright['chromium'];
 
@@ -53,7 +53,5 @@ export async function getBrowserType(): Promise<playwright.BrowserType> {
     }
   }
 
-  await browserType.downloadBrowserIfNeeded();
-
   return browserType;
 }