diff --git a/cli/run.js b/cli/run.js
index 6366ce6c7be2..195771f605a7 100644
--- a/cli/run.js
+++ b/cli/run.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
 
-import psList from 'ps-list';
 import * as ChromeLauncher from 'chrome-launcher';
 import yargsParser from 'yargs-parser';
 import log from 'lighthouse-logger';
@@ -176,36 +175,6 @@ async function saveResults(runnerResult, flags) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Attempt to kill the launched Chrome, if defined.
- * @param {ChromeLauncher.LaunchedChrome=} launchedChrome
- * @return {Promise<void>}
- */
-async function potentiallyKillChrome(launchedChrome) {
-  if (!launchedChrome) return;
-
-  /** @type {NodeJS.Timeout} */
-  let timeout;
-  const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_, reject) => {
-    timeout = setTimeout(reject, 5000, new Error('Timed out waiting to kill Chrome'));
-  });
-
-  return Promise.race([
-    launchedChrome.kill(),
-    timeoutPromise,
-  ]).catch(async err => {
-    const runningProcesses = await psList();
-    if (!runningProcesses.some(proc => proc.pid === launchedChrome.pid)) {
-      log.warn('CLI', 'Warning: Chrome process could not be killed because it already exited.');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Couldn't quit Chrome process. ${err}`);
-  }).finally(() => {
-    clearTimeout(timeout);
-  });
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {string} url
  * @param {LH.CliFlags} flags
@@ -214,12 +183,10 @@ async function potentiallyKillChrome(launchedChrome) {
  */
 async function runLighthouse(url, flags, config) {
   /** @param {any} reason */
-  async function handleTheUnhandled(reason) {
+  function handleTheUnhandled(reason) {
     process.stderr.write(`Unhandled Rejection. Reason: ${reason}\n`);
-    await potentiallyKillChrome(launchedChrome).catch(() => {});
-    setTimeout(_ => {
-      process.exit(1);
-    }, 100);
+    launchedChrome?.kill();
+    process.exit(1);
   }
   process.on('unhandledRejection', handleTheUnhandled);
 
@@ -247,7 +214,7 @@ async function runLighthouse(url, flags, config) {
       await saveResults(runnerResult, flags);
     }
 
-    await potentiallyKillChrome(launchedChrome);
+    launchedChrome?.kill();
     process.removeListener('unhandledRejection', handleTheUnhandled);
 
     // Runtime errors indicate something was *very* wrong with the page result.
@@ -265,7 +232,7 @@ async function runLighthouse(url, flags, config) {
 
     return runnerResult;
   } catch (err) {
-    await potentiallyKillChrome(launchedChrome).catch(() => {});
+    launchedChrome?.kill();
     return printErrorAndExit(err);
   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/test/smokehouse/lighthouse-runners/bundle.js b/cli/test/smokehouse/lighthouse-runners/bundle.js
index 765aaf1fc6e2..b8ca0be49387 100644
--- a/cli/test/smokehouse/lighthouse-runners/bundle.js
+++ b/cli/test/smokehouse/lighthouse-runners/bundle.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function runBundledLighthouse(url, config, testRunnerOptions) {
     };
   } finally {
     // Clean up and return results.
-    await launchedChrome.kill();
+    launchedChrome.kill();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3c92381af13..ffe28ba341f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@
     "metaviewport-parser": "0.3.0",
     "open": "^8.4.0",
     "parse-cache-control": "1.0.1",
-    "ps-list": "^8.0.0",
     "puppeteer-core": "^22.6.5",
     "robots-parser": "^3.0.1",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 11eb4ccfc068..aaac9442a602 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6017,11 +6017,6 @@ proxy-from-env@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz#e102f16ca355424865755d2c9e8ea4f24d58c3e2"
   integrity sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg==
 
-ps-list@^8.0.0:
-  version "8.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ps-list/-/ps-list-8.0.0.tgz#ee622c04a16ac0b29be65d7d920c1fb36c8383d4"
-  integrity sha512-rBBL6jp5Ccc5fy7p1Os5wDkXlJm5PeLCP2mVz1wLqEtKGo+d19oDApqVbePJoOxNlWeaxJxe28qahc3KWj9ePg==
-
 psl@^1.1.28:
   version "1.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/psl/-/psl-1.8.0.tgz#9326f8bcfb013adcc005fdff056acce020e51c24"