diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
index 9869a9ae2..acc32e664 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-scaffoldedfromLink.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Page, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../utils/Common';
 import { CatalogImport } from '../support/pages/CatalogImport';
 import { APIHelper } from '../utils/APIHelper';
 import { githubAPIEndpoints } from '../utils/APIEndpoints';
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ test.describe.serial('Link Scaffolded Templates to Catalog Items', () => {
     ).toString('utf8'), // Default repoOwner janus-qe
   };
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     common = new Common(page);
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     catalogImport = new CatalogImport(page);
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-timestamp.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-timestamp.spec.ts
index be037291c..0990e25ee 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-timestamp.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/catalog-timestamp.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Page, expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../utils/Common';
 import { CatalogImport } from '../support/pages/CatalogImport';
 import { UIhelperPO } from '../support/pageObjects/global-obj';
 
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ test.describe('Test timestamp column on Catalog', () => {
   const component =
     'https://github.com/janus-qe/custom-catalog-entities/blob/main/timestamp-catalog-info.yaml';
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     common = new Common(page);
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     catalogImport = new CatalogImport(page);
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/custom-theme.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/custom-theme.spec.ts
index 9e32f7515..9ce273659 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/custom-theme.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/custom-theme.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { test, Page, TestInfo, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../utils/Common';
 import { ThemeVerifier } from '../utils/custom-theme/theme-verifier';
 import {
   customTabIcon,
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ test.describe('CustomTheme should be applied', () => {
   let common: Common;
   let themeVerifier: ThemeVerifier;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     common = new Common(page);
     themeVerifier = new ThemeVerifier(page);
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
index 8e23bd5e3..26c990276 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-happy-path.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { test, expect, Page } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../utils/Common';
 import { resources } from '../support/testData/resources';
 import {
   BackstageShowcase,
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ test.describe.serial('GitHub Happy path', () => {
   const component =
     'https://github.com/janus-idp/backstage-showcase/blob/main/catalog-entities/all.yaml';
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     catalogImport = new CatalogImport(page);
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-integration-org-fetch.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-integration-org-fetch.spec.ts
index 31797907b..5b40ae22f 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-integration-org-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/github-integration-org-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { test, Page } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../utils/Common';
 
 let page: Page;
 test.describe.serial('GitHub integration with Org data fetching', () => {
   let common: Common;
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     await common.loginAsGithubUser();
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/acr.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/acr.spec.ts
index 0fc71e8d6..d536a3f73 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/acr.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/acr.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../../utils/Common';
 
 let page;
 test.describe('Test ACR plugin', () => {
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ test.describe('Test ACR plugin', () => {
   let common: Common;
   const dateRegex =
     /(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s\d{1,2},\s\d{4}/gm;
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     await common.loginAsGuest();
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts
index 49fc241e4..bea9a3a19 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/bulk-import.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, Page, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../../utils/Common';
 import { APIHelper } from '../../utils/APIHelper';
 import { BulkImport } from '../../support/pages/BulkImport';
 import {
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ test.describe.serial('Bulk Import plugin', () => {
     labels: `bulkimport1: test1;bulkimport2: test2`,
     repoUrl: `github.com/janus-test/${newRepoName}`,
   };
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     bulkimport = new BulkImport(page);
@@ -244,9 +242,7 @@ test.describe
     repoName: 'janus-test-2-bulk-import-test',
     url: 'https://github.com/janus-test/janus-test-2-bulk-import-test/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml',
   };
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     bulkimport = new BulkImport(page);
@@ -289,9 +285,7 @@ test.describe
   let page: Page;
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
   let common: Common;
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
     await common.loginAsGithubUser();
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/frontend/sidebar.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/frontend/sidebar.spec.ts
index 1f964ed28..c3bba5d09 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/frontend/sidebar.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/frontend/sidebar.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Page, test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { UIhelper } from '../../../utils/UIhelper';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../../../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../../../utils/Common';
 
 let page: Page;
 
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ test.describe('Validate Sidebar Navigation Customization', () => {
   let uiHelper: UIhelper;
   let common: Common;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     common = new Common(page);
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/ocm.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/ocm.spec.ts
index 52510134f..f3e51fb69 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/ocm.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/ocm.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Page, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../../utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../../utils/Common';
 import { UIhelper } from '../../utils/UIhelper';
 import { Clusters } from '../../support/pages/Clusters';
 
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ test.describe.serial('Test OCM plugin', () => {
   let clusters: Clusters;
   let common: Common;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
     common = new Common(page);
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     clusters = new Clusters(page);
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/tekton/tekton.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/tekton/tekton.spec.ts
index 43df909ee..e78bdecba 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/tekton/tekton.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/tekton/tekton.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { Common, setupBrowser } from '../../../../playwright/utils/Common';
+import { Common } from '../../../../playwright/utils/Common';
 import { UIhelper } from '../../../../playwright/utils/UIhelper';
 import { Tekton } from '../../../utils/tekton/tekton';
 import { Catalog } from '../../../support/pages/Catalog';
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ test.describe('Test Tekton plugin', () => {
   let tekton: Tekton;
   let catalog: Catalog;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
-    const page = (await setupBrowser(browser, testInfo)).page;
-    common = new Common(page);
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
+    const common = new Common(page);
     await common.loginAsGuest();
     uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
     tekton = new Tekton(page);