diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_primary.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_primary.yml
index c5e98f08ab..9ef8c8f702 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_primary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_primary.yml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         DEBUG: pw:install
     - run: npm run build
-    - run: npx playwright install-deps
+    - run: npx playwright install --with-deps
     - run: npm install -g yarn@1
     - run: npm install -g pnpm@8
     - run: npm run itest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_secondary.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_secondary.yml
index eb41c87cd5..6b55894b75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_secondary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_secondary.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         DEBUG: pw:install
     - run: npm run build
-    - run: npx playwright install-deps
+    - run: npx playwright install --with-deps
     - run: npm install -g yarn@1
     - run: npm install -g pnpm@8
     - run: npm run itest
diff --git a/tests/installation/android-types.spec.ts b/tests/installation/android-types.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index f45268c487..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/android-types.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test } from './npmTest';
-
-test('android types', async ({ exec, tsc, writeFiles }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-  await writeFiles({
-    'test.ts':
-      `import { AndroidDevice, _android, AndroidWebView, Page } from 'playwright';`,
-  });
-  await tsc('test.ts');
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/connect-to-selenium.spec.ts b/tests/installation/connect-to-selenium.spec.ts
index 366665bfa8..a2658e7e02 100755
--- a/tests/installation/connect-to-selenium.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/connect-to-selenium.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { test } from './npmTest';
 test('connect to selenium', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }, testInfo) => {
   test.skip(os.platform() !== 'linux');
 
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright-core');
+  await exec('npm i playwright-core');
   await exec(`node download-chromedriver.js ${tmpWorkspace}`);
   const seleniumPath = path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'selenium');
   await exec(`node download-selenium.js ${seleniumPath}`);
diff --git a/tests/installation/driver-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/driver-should-work.spec.ts
index 99c57e27c7..2d5e45d3b2 100755
--- a/tests/installation/driver-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/driver-should-work.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
 
 test('driver should work', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
   await exec('npx playwright install');
   await exec('node driver-client.js');
 });
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test('driver should work', async ({ exec }) => {
 test('driver should ignore SIGINT', async ({ exec }) => {
   test.skip(process.platform === 'win32', 'Only relevant for POSIX');
   test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python/issues/1843' });
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
   await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
   const output = await exec('node driver-client-sigint.js');
   const lines = output.split('\n').filter(l => l.trim());
diff --git a/tests/installation/electron-types.spec.ts b/tests/installation/electron-types.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index ccb1eae7d9..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/electron-types.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test } from './npmTest';
-
-test('electron types', async ({ exec, tsc, writeFiles }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright electron@12');
-  await writeFiles({
-    'test.ts':
-      `import { Page, _electron, ElectronApplication, Electron } from 'playwright';`
-  });
-  await tsc('test.ts');
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/globalSetup.ts b/tests/installation/globalSetup.ts
index 8f9bf4b199..5a42beb334 100644
--- a/tests/installation/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/globalSetup.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import http from 'http';
-import https from 'https';
-import url from 'url';
-import type net from 'net';
-import debugLogger from 'debug';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { spawnAsync } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils/spawnAsync';
 import { rimraf } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
 import { TMP_WORKSPACES } from './npmTest';
-import { createHttpServer } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils/network';
-import { calculateSha1 } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/utils/crypto';
 
 const PACKAGE_BUILDER_SCRIPT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'utils', 'pack_package.js');
-const BROWSERS_CACHE_DIR = path.join(TMP_WORKSPACES, 'npm-test-browsers-cache');
-const debug = debugLogger('itest');
 
 async function globalSetup() {
   await rimraf(TMP_WORKSPACES);
@@ -83,61 +74,6 @@ async function globalSetup() {
 
     await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '.registry.json'), JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(builds)));
   }
-
-  const cdnProxyServer = createHttpServer(async (request: http.IncomingMessage, response: http.ServerResponse) => {
-    const requestedPath = url.parse(request.url!).path;
-    const cachedPath = path.join(BROWSERS_CACHE_DIR, calculateSha1(requestedPath));
-    const cachedPathMetaInfo = cachedPath + '.metainfo';
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(cachedPath)) {
-      const realUrl = 'https://playwright.azureedge.net' + requestedPath;
-      debug(`[cdn proxy] downloading ${realUrl} headers=${JSON.stringify(request.headers)}`);
-      const headers = { ...request.headers };
-      delete headers['host'];
-      const options = {
-        ...url.parse(realUrl),
-        method: request.method,
-        headers,
-      };
-      const factory = options.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
-      let doneCallback = () => {};
-      const donePromise = new Promise<void>(f => doneCallback = () => {
-        debug(`[cdn proxy] downloading ${realUrl} finished`);
-        f();
-      });
-      const realRequest = factory.request(options, (realResponse: http.IncomingMessage) => {
-        const metaInfo = {
-          statusCode: realResponse.statusCode,
-          statusMessage: realResponse.statusMessage || '',
-          headers: realResponse.headers || {},
-        };
-        debug(`[cdn proxy] downloading ${realUrl} statusCode=${realResponse.statusCode}`);
-        fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(cachedPathMetaInfo), { recursive: true });
-        fs.writeFileSync(cachedPathMetaInfo, JSON.stringify(metaInfo));
-        realResponse.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(cachedPath, { highWaterMark: 1024 * 1024 })).on('close', doneCallback).on('finish', doneCallback).on('error', doneCallback);
-      });
-      request.pipe(realRequest);
-      await donePromise;
-    }
-
-    const metaInfo = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(cachedPathMetaInfo, 'utf-8'));
-    response.writeHead(metaInfo.statusCode, metaInfo.statusMessage, metaInfo.headers);
-    const done = () => {
-      debug(`[cdn proxy] serving ${request.url!} finished`);
-      response.end();
-    };
-    fs.createReadStream(cachedPath, { highWaterMark: 1024 * 1024 }).pipe(response).on('close', done).on('error', done);
-    debug(`[cdn proxy] serving ${request.url!} from cached ${cachedPath}`);
-  });
-
-  cdnProxyServer.listen(0);
-  await new Promise(f => cdnProxyServer.once('listening', f));
-  process.env.CDN_PROXY_HOST = `http://127.0.0.1:${(cdnProxyServer.address() as net.AddressInfo).port}`;
-  console.log('Stared CDN proxy at ' + process.env.CDN_PROXY_HOST);
-
-  return async () => {
-    await new Promise(f => cdnProxyServer.close(f));
-  };
 }
 
 export default globalSetup;
diff --git a/tests/installation/npmTest.ts b/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
index 0f2f9e7120..1074a61022 100644
--- a/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ type ExecOptions = SpawnOptions & { message?: string, expectToExitWithError?: bo
 type ArgsOrOptions = [] | [...string[]] | [...string[], ExecOptions] | [ExecOptions];
 
 type NPMTestOptions = {
-  useRealCDN: boolean;
+  isolateBrowsers: boolean;
+  allowGlobalInstall: boolean;
 };
 
 type NPMTestFixtures = {
   _auto: void;
   _browsersPath: string;
   tmpWorkspace: string;
-  installedSoftwareOnDisk: (registryPath?: string) => Promise<string[]>;
-  writeConfig: (allowGlobal: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+  installedSoftwareOnDisk: () => Promise<string[]>;
   writeFiles: (nameToContents: Record<string, string>) => Promise<void>;
   exec: (cmd: string, ...argsAndOrOptions: ArgsOrOptions) => Promise<string>;
   tsc: (args: string) => Promise<string>;
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ type NPMTestFixtures = {
 export const test = _test
     .extend<CommonFixtures, CommonWorkerFixtures>(commonFixtures)
     .extend<NPMTestFixtures & NPMTestOptions>({
-      useRealCDN: [false, { option: true }],
+      isolateBrowsers: [false, { option: true }],
+      allowGlobalInstall: [false, { option: true }],
       _browsersPath: async ({ tmpWorkspace }, use) => use(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'browsers')),
-      _auto: [async ({ tmpWorkspace, exec, _browsersPath, writeConfig }, use) => {
+      _auto: [async ({ tmpWorkspace, exec, _browsersPath, registry, allowGlobalInstall }, use, testInfo) => {
         await exec('npm init -y');
         const sourceDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixture-scripts');
         const contents = await fs.promises.readdir(sourceDir);
@@ -93,7 +94,20 @@ export const test = _test
         packageJSON.pnpm = { overrides: prefixed };
         await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2));
 
-        await writeConfig(false);
+        const yarnLines = [
+          `registry "${registry.url()}/"`,
+          `cache "${testInfo.outputPath('npm_cache')}"`,
+        ];
+        const npmLines = [
+          `registry = ${registry.url()}/`,
+          `cache = ${testInfo.outputPath('npm_cache')}`,
+        ];
+        if (!allowGlobalInstall) {
+          yarnLines.push(`prefix "${testInfo.outputPath('npm_global')}"`);
+          npmLines.push(`prefix = ${testInfo.outputPath('npm_global')}`);
+        }
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(tmpWorkspace, '.yarnrc'), yarnLines.join('\n'), 'utf-8');
+        await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(tmpWorkspace, '.npmrc'), npmLines.join('\n'), 'utf-8');
 
         await use();
         if (test.info().status === test.info().expectedStatus) {
@@ -124,28 +138,12 @@ export const test = _test
         await use(registry);
         await registry.shutdown();
       },
-      writeConfig: async ({ tmpWorkspace, registry }, use, testInfo) => {
-        await use(async (allowGlobal: boolean) => {
-          const yarnLines = [
-            `registry "${registry.url()}/"`,
-            `cache "${testInfo.outputPath('npm_cache')}"`,
-          ];
-          const npmLines = [
-            `registry = ${registry.url()}/`,
-            `cache = ${testInfo.outputPath('npm_cache')}`,
-          ];
-          if (!allowGlobal) {
-            yarnLines.push(`prefix "${testInfo.outputPath('npm_global')}"`);
-            npmLines.push(`prefix = ${testInfo.outputPath('npm_global')}`);
-          }
-          await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(tmpWorkspace, '.yarnrc'), yarnLines.join('\n'), 'utf-8');
-          await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(tmpWorkspace, '.npmrc'), npmLines.join('\n'), 'utf-8');
-        });
+      installedSoftwareOnDisk: async ({ isolateBrowsers, _browsersPath }, use) => {
+        if (!isolateBrowsers)
+          throw new Error(`Test that checks browser installation must set "isolateBrowsers" to true`);
+        await use(async () => fs.promises.readdir(_browsersPath).catch(() => []).then(files => files.map(f => f.split('-')[0]).filter(f => !f.startsWith('.'))));
       },
-      installedSoftwareOnDisk: async ({ _browsersPath }, use) => {
-        await use(async (registryPath?: string) => fs.promises.readdir(registryPath || _browsersPath).catch(() => []).then(files => files.map(f => f.split('-')[0]).filter(f => !f.startsWith('.'))));
-      },
-      exec: async ({ useRealCDN, tmpWorkspace, _browsersPath }, use, testInfo) => {
+      exec: async ({ tmpWorkspace, _browsersPath, isolateBrowsers }, use, testInfo) => {
         await use(async (cmd: string, ...argsAndOrOptions: [] | [...string[]] | [...string[], ExecOptions] | [ExecOptions]) => {
           let args: string[] = [];
           let options: ExecOptions = {};
@@ -164,8 +162,7 @@ export const test = _test
                 'PATH': process.env.PATH,
                 'DISPLAY': process.env.DISPLAY,
                 'XAUTHORITY': process.env.XAUTHORITY,
-                'PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH': _browsersPath,
-                ...(useRealCDN ? {} : { PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_HOST: process.env.CDN_PROXY_HOST }),
+                ...(isolateBrowsers ? { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: _browsersPath } : {}),
                 ...options.env,
               }
             });
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ export const test = _test
         });
       },
       tsc: async ({ exec }, use) => {
-        await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts typescript@5.2.2 @types/node@16');
+        await exec('npm i typescript@5.2.2 @types/node@16');
         await use((args: string) => exec('npx', 'tsc', args, { shell: process.platform === 'win32' }));
       },
     });
diff --git a/tests/installation/npx-global-help.spec.ts b/tests/installation/npx-global-help.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index fe65dc6bdf..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/npx-global-help.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('npx playwright --help should not download browsers', async ({ writeConfig, exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  await writeConfig(true);
-  const result = await exec('npx playwright --help');
-  expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
-  expect(result).not.toContain(`To avoid unexpected behavior, please install your dependencies first`);
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/npx-global-spec-codegen.spec.ts b/tests/installation/npx-global-spec-codegen.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 47c4485659..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/npx-global-spec-codegen.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('npx playwright codegen', async ({ writeConfig, exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  await writeConfig(true);
-  const stdio = await exec('npx playwright codegen', { expectToExitWithError: true });
-  expect(stdio).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
-  expect(stdio).toContain(`Please run the following command to download new browsers`);
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/npx-global-install.spec.ts b/tests/installation/npx-global.spec.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from tests/installation/npx-global-install.spec.ts
rename to tests/installation/npx-global.spec.ts
index b1d07222e9..4a7a5b47f5 100755
--- a/tests/installation/npx-global-install.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/npx-global.spec.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,25 @@
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
 
-test('npx playwright install global', async ({ writeConfig, exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+test.use({ isolateBrowsers: true, allowGlobalInstall: true });
+
+test('npx playwright --help should not download browsers', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const result = await exec('npx playwright --help');
+  expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
+  expect(result).not.toContain(`To avoid unexpected behavior, please install your dependencies first`);
+});
+
+test('npx playwright codegen', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const stdio = await exec('npx playwright codegen', { expectToExitWithError: true });
+  expect(stdio).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
+  expect(stdio).toContain(`Please run the following command to download new browsers`);
+});
+
+test('npx playwright install global', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
   test.skip(process.platform === 'win32', 'isLikelyNpxGlobal() does not work in this setup on our bots');
 
-  await writeConfig(true);
   const result = await exec('npx playwright install');
   expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
   expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cdn-should-race-with-timeout.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cdn-should-race-with-timeout.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9768758c9c..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cdn-should-race-with-timeout.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import http from 'http';
-import type { AddressInfo } from 'net';
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test.use({ useRealCDN: true });
-
-test(`playwright cdn should race with a timeout`, async ({ exec }) => {
-  const server = http.createServer(() => {});
-  await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.listen(0, resolve));
-  try {
-    await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-    const result = await exec('npx playwright install', {
-      env: {
-        PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_HOST: `http://127.0.0.1:${(server.address() as AddressInfo).port}`,
-        DEBUG: 'pw:install',
-        PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT: '1000',
-      },
-      expectToExitWithError: true
-    });
-    expect(result).toContain(`timed out after 1000ms`);
-  } finally {
-    await new Promise(resolve => server.close(resolve));
-  }
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cdn-failover-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cdn.spec.ts
similarity index 72%
rename from tests/installation/playwright-cdn-failover-should-work.spec.ts
rename to tests/installation/playwright-cdn.spec.ts
index 96db903217..fabc8012fb 100644
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cdn-failover-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-cdn.spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
+import http from 'http';
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'net';
 
 const CDNS = [
   'https://playwright.azureedge.net',
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@ const parsedDownloads = (rawLogs: string) => {
   return out;
 };
 
-test.use({ useRealCDN: true });
+test.use({ isolateBrowsers: true });
 
 for (const cdn of CDNS) {
   test(`playwright cdn failover should work (${cdn})`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-    await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+    await exec('npm i playwright');
     const result = await exec('npx playwright install', { env: { PW_TEST_CDN_THAT_SHOULD_WORK: cdn, DEBUG: 'pw:install' } });
     expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
     expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
@@ -47,3 +49,22 @@ for (const cdn of CDNS) {
     await exec('node esm-playwright.mjs');
   });
 }
+
+test(`playwright cdn should race with a timeout`, async ({ exec }) => {
+  const server = http.createServer(() => {});
+  await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.listen(0, resolve));
+  try {
+    await exec('npm i playwright');
+    const result = await exec('npx playwright install', {
+      env: {
+        PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_HOST: `http://127.0.0.1:${(server.address() as AddressInfo).port}`,
+        DEBUG: 'pw:install',
+        PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT: '1000',
+      },
+      expectToExitWithError: true
+    });
+    expect(result).toContain(`timed out after 1000ms`);
+  } finally {
+    await new Promise(resolve => server.close(resolve));
+  }
+});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work-with-languages.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work-with-languages.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 0ef07c8dbe..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work-with-languages.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('codegen should print the right install command without browsers', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-
-  const pwLangName2InstallCommand = {
-    'java': 'mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI -D exec.args="install"',
-    'python': 'playwright install',
-    'csharp': 'pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 install',
-    '': 'npx playwright install',
-  };
-
-  for (const [langName, installCommand] of Object.entries(pwLangName2InstallCommand)) {
-    await test.step(`codegen should work for ${langName}`, async () => {
-      const result = await exec('npx playwright codegen', {
-        expectToExitWithError: true,
-        env: {
-          PW_LANG_NAME: langName,
-        }
-      });
-      expect(result).toContain(installCommand);
-    });
-  }
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
index 8001dbaec3..c6d84cedae 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
+import path from 'path';
+
+test.use({ isolateBrowsers: true });
 
 test('install command should work', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
 
   await test.step('playwright install chromium', async () => {
     const result = await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
@@ -30,14 +33,59 @@ test('install command should work', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) =>
     expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
   });
 
-  await exec('node sanity.js playwright', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: undefined } });
+  await exec('node sanity.js playwright', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: '0' } });
   await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium firefox webkit');
+
+  const packages = ['playwright-chromium', 'playwright-firefox', 'playwright-webkit', '@playwright/browser-chromium', '@playwright/browser-firefox', '@playwright/browser-webkit'];
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
+    await test.step(pkg, async () => {
+      const result = await exec(`npm i ${pkg}`);
+      expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+      if (!pkg.includes('@playwright/browser-'))
+        await exec('node sanity.js', pkg, 'chromium firefox webkit');
+    });
+  }
 });
 
 test('should be able to remove browsers', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
   await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
   expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg']);
   await exec('npx playwright uninstall');
   expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
 });
+
+test('should print the right install command without browsers', async ({ exec }) => {
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
+
+  const pwLangName2InstallCommand = {
+    'java': 'mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI -D exec.args="install"',
+    'python': 'playwright install',
+    'csharp': 'pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 install',
+    '': 'npx playwright install',
+  };
+
+  for (const [langName, installCommand] of Object.entries(pwLangName2InstallCommand)) {
+    await test.step(`codegen should work for ${langName}`, async () => {
+      const result = await exec('npx playwright codegen', {
+        expectToExitWithError: true,
+        env: {
+          PW_LANG_NAME: langName,
+        }
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain(installCommand);
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+test('subsequent installs works', async ({ exec }) => {
+  test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/1651' });
+
+  await exec('npm i @playwright/browser-chromium');
+  // Note: the `npm install` would not actually crash, the error
+  // is merely logged to the console. To reproduce the error, we should make
+  // sure that script's install.js can be run subsequently without unhandled promise rejections.
+  // Note: the flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` will force node to terminate in case
+  // of UnhandledPromiseRejection.
+  await exec('node --unhandled-rejections=strict', path.join('node_modules', '@playwright', 'browser-chromium', 'install.js'));
+});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-screenshot-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-screenshot-should-work.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 49d5beaf62..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-screenshot-should-work.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test } from './npmTest';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-
-test('playwright cli screenshot should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-  await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
-  await exec(path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'playwright'), 'screenshot about:blank one.png');
-  await fs.promises.stat(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'one.png'));
-
-  await exec('npx playwright screenshot about:blank two.png');
-  await fs.promises.stat(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'two.png'));
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-codegen.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cli.spec.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from tests/installation/playwright-cli-codegen.spec.ts
rename to tests/installation/playwright-cli.spec.ts
index 64657555b3..9b2b34cb74 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-codegen.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-cli.spec.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
-test('codegen should work', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+test('cli should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
   await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
 
   await test.step('codegen without arguments', async () => {
@@ -48,4 +50,12 @@ test('codegen should work', async ({ exec }) => {
     });
     expect(result).toContain(`browser.close`);
   });
+
+  await test.step('screenshot', async () => {
+    await exec(path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'playwright'), 'screenshot about:blank one.png');
+    await fs.promises.stat(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'one.png'));
+
+    await exec('npx playwright screenshot about:blank two.png');
+    await fs.promises.stat(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'two.png'));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-core-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-core-should-work.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 5fbad8cd9e..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-core-should-work.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test(`playwright-core should work`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright-core');
-  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
-  const stdio = await exec('npx playwright-core', 'test', '-c', '.', { expectToExitWithError: true });
-  expect(stdio).toContain(`Please install @playwright/test package`);
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-electron-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-electron-should-work.spec.ts
index 6b7fdfbdcf..76cad12ec7 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-electron-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-electron-should-work.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
  */
 import { test } from './npmTest';
 
-test('electron should work', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright electron@19.0.11');
+test('electron should work', async ({ exec, tsc, writeFiles }) => {
+  await exec('npm i playwright electron@19.0.11');
   await exec('node sanity-electron.js');
+  await writeFiles({
+    'test.ts':
+      `import { Page, _electron, ElectronApplication, Electron } from 'playwright';`
+  });
+  await tsc('test.ts');
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation-cross-package.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation-cross-package.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 0f494d849a..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation-cross-package.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('global installation cross package', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  const packages = ['playwright-chromium', 'playwright-firefox', 'playwright-webkit'];
-  for (const pkg of packages)
-    await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts', pkg, { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
-  const result = await exec('npx playwright install');
-  expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-
-  for (const pkg of packages)
-    await test.step(pkg, () => exec('node sanity.js', pkg, 'chromium firefox webkit'));
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 438247d398..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-global-installation.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('global installation', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
-
-  const result2 = await exec('npx playwright install');
-  expect(result2).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-
-  await exec('node sanity.js playwright', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: undefined } });
-  await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium firefox webkit');
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-global-subsequent-installs.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-global-subsequent-installs.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 06dcda1ef9..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-global-subsequent-installs.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test } from './npmTest';
-import path from 'path';
-
-test('subsequent installs works', async ({ exec }) => {
-  test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/1651' });
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/browser-chromium');
-  // Note: the `npm install` would not actually crash, the error
-  // is merely logged to the console. To reproduce the error, we should make
-  // sure that script's install.js can be run subsequently without unhandled promise rejections.
-  // Note: the flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` will force node to terminate in case
-  // of UnhandledPromiseRejection.
-  await exec('node --unhandled-rejections=strict', path.join('node_modules', '@playwright', 'browser-chromium', 'install.js'));
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-xyz-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-packages-install-behavior.spec.ts
similarity index 50%
rename from tests/installation/playwright-xyz-should-work.spec.ts
rename to tests/installation/playwright-packages-install-behavior.spec.ts
index 5493ee942f..24d8c058a5 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-xyz-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-packages-install-behavior.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
 
+test.use({ isolateBrowsers: true });
+
 for (const browser of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
   test(`playwright-${browser} should work`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
     const pkg = `playwright-${browser}`;
@@ -52,3 +54,46 @@ for (const browser of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
     await exec('node browser-only.js', pkg);
   });
 }
+
+test(`playwright-core should work`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright-core');
+  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
+  const stdio = await exec('npx playwright-core', 'test', '-c', '.', { expectToExitWithError: true });
+  expect(stdio).toContain(`Please install @playwright/test package`);
+});
+
+test(`playwright should work`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
+  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
+
+  const result2 = await exec('npx playwright install');
+  expect(result2).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
+
+  await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium firefox webkit');
+  await exec('node esm-playwright.mjs');
+});
+
+test('@playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
+  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
+
+  await exec('npx playwright test -c . sample.spec.js', { expectToExitWithError: true, message: 'should not be able to run tests without installing browsers' });
+
+  const result2 = await exec('npx playwright install');
+  expect(result2).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
+  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
+
+  await exec('node sanity.js @playwright/test chromium firefox webkit');
+  await exec('node', 'esm-playwright-test.mjs');
+
+  const result3 = await exec('npx playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list sample.spec.js');
+  expect(result3).toContain('3 passed');
+
+  const result4 = await exec('npx playwright test -c . failing.spec.js', { expectToExitWithError: true, env: { DEBUG: 'pw:api' } });
+  expect(result4).toContain('expect.toHaveText started');
+  expect(result4).toContain('failing.spec.js:5:38');
+});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-browsers-path.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-browsers-path.spec.ts
index ef48d46527..e3fbd45542 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-browsers-path.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-browsers-path.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 test('playwright should work with relative home path', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
   await fs.promises.mkdir(path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'foo'));
   // Make sure that browsers path is resolved relative to the `npm install` call location.
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright', { cwd: path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'foo'), env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: path.join('..', 'relative') } });
+  await exec('npm i playwright', { cwd: path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'foo'), env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: path.join('..', 'relative') } });
   await exec('npx playwright install', { cwd: path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'foo'), env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: path.join('..', 'relative') } });
   await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium firefox webkit', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: path.join('.', 'relative') } });
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-home-path.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-home-path.spec.ts
index b6295ede4c..db403f80cf 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-home-path.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-should-work-with-relative-home-path.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test('playwright should work with relative home path', async ({ exec }) => {
   test.skip(os.platform().startsWith('win'));
 
   const env = { PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: '0', HOME: '.' };
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright @playwright/browser-chromium @playwright/browser-webkit', { env });
+  await exec('npm i playwright @playwright/browser-chromium @playwright/browser-webkit', { env });
   // Firefox does not work with relative HOME.
   await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium webkit', { env });
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-should-work.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index d57d691e7b..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-should-work.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test.use({ useRealCDN: true });
-
-test(`playwright should work`, async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  const result1 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-  expect(result1).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
-
-  const result2 = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/browser-chromium @playwright/browser-firefox @playwright/browser-webkit');
-  expect(result2).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-  expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual(['chromium', 'ffmpeg', 'firefox', 'webkit']);
-
-  await exec('node sanity.js playwright chromium firefox webkit');
-  await exec('node esm-playwright.mjs');
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-test-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-test-package-managers.spec.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from tests/installation/playwright-test-should-work.spec.ts
rename to tests/installation/playwright-test-package-managers.spec.ts
index ab6c3b9411..5d8af73ca4 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-test-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-test-package-managers.spec.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import { test } from './npmTest';
 import path from 'path';
 
 test('npm: @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
-  await exec('npx playwright test -c . sample.spec.js', { expectToExitWithError: true, message: 'should not be able to run tests without installing browsers' });
-
+  await exec('npm i @playwright/test');
   await exec('npx playwright install');
   await exec('npx playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list,json sample.spec.js', { env: {  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: 'report.json' } });
   await exec('node read-json-report.js', path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'report.json'));
@@ -28,8 +26,8 @@ test('npm: @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
 });
 
 test('npm: playwright + @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
+  await exec('npm i @playwright/test');
   await exec('npx playwright install');
   await exec('npx playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list,json sample.spec.js', { env: {  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: 'report.json' } });
   await exec('node read-json-report.js', path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'report.json'));
@@ -38,8 +36,8 @@ test('npm: playwright + @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspa
 });
 
 test('npm: @playwright/test + playwright-core should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright-core');
+  await exec('npm i @playwright/test');
+  await exec('npm i playwright-core');
   await exec('npx playwright install');
   await exec('npx playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list,json sample.spec.js', { env: {  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: 'report.json' } });
   await exec('node read-json-report.js', path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'report.json'));
@@ -49,8 +47,6 @@ test('npm: @playwright/test + playwright-core should work', async ({ exec, tmpWo
 
 test('yarn: @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
   await exec('yarn add @playwright/test');
-  await exec('yarn playwright test -c .', { expectToExitWithError: true, message: 'should not be able to run tests without installing browsers' });
-
   await exec('yarn playwright install');
   await exec('yarn playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list,json sample.spec.js', { env: {  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: 'report.json' } });
   await exec('node read-json-report.js', path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'report.json'));
@@ -60,7 +56,6 @@ test('yarn: @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
 
 test('pnpm: @playwright/test should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
   await exec('pnpm add @playwright/test');
-  await exec('pnpm exec playwright test -c .', { expectToExitWithError: true, message: 'should not be able to run tests without installing browsers' });
   await exec('pnpm exec playwright install');
   await exec('pnpm exec playwright test -c . --browser=all --reporter=list,json sample.spec.js', { env: {  PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: 'report.json' } });
   await exec('node read-json-report.js', path.join(tmpWorkspace, 'report.json'));
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-test-plugin.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-test-plugin.spec.ts
index deadc94da5..3e9ddfb0e5 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-test-plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-test-plugin.spec.ts
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ function patchPackageJsonForPreReleaseIfNeeded(tmpWorkspace: string) {
 }
 
 test('npm: @playwright/test plugin should work', async ({ exec, tmpWorkspace }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
+  await exec('npm i @playwright/test');
   patchPackageJsonForPreReleaseIfNeeded(tmpWorkspace);
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright-test-plugin');
+  await exec('npm i playwright-test-plugin');
   await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
 
   const output = await exec('npx playwright test -c . --browser=chromium --reporter=line plugin.spec.ts');
   expect(output).toContain('plugin value: hello from plugin');
   expect(output).toContain('1 passed');
 
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts typescript@5.2.2 @types/node@16');
+  await exec('npm i typescript@5.2.2 @types/node@16');
   await exec('npx tsc playwright-test-plugin-types.ts');
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-test-stacks-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-test-stacks-should-work.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 50b001ca96..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-test-stacks-should-work.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('@playwright/test stacks should work', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/test');
-  await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
-  const output = await exec('npx playwright test -c . failing.spec.js', { expectToExitWithError: true, env: { DEBUG: 'pw:api' } });
-  expect(output).toContain('expect.toHaveText started');
-  expect(output).toContain('failing.spec.js:5:38');
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/screencast.spec.ts b/tests/installation/screencast.spec.ts
index 96ccbde981..9b12421f3c 100755
--- a/tests/installation/screencast.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/screencast.spec.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 import { test } from './npmTest';
 
 test('screencast works', async ({ exec }) => {
-  await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts', 'playwright', 'playwright-chromium', 'playwright-firefox', 'playwright-webkit');
-  await test.step('playwright', () => exec('node screencast.js playwright chromium firefox webkit'));
-  for (const browser of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit'])
-    await test.step(browser, () => exec(`node screencast.js playwright-${browser} ${browser}`));
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
+  await exec('node screencast.js playwright chromium firefox webkit');
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/skip-browser-download-inspect-with-custom-executable.spec.ts b/tests/installation/skip-browser-download-inspect-with-custom-executable.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 1a394d6a0f..0000000000
--- a/tests/installation/skip-browser-download-inspect-with-custom-executable.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
-
-test('should skip download', async ({ exec }) => {
-  const installOutput = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright @playwright/browser-chromium', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
-  expect(installOutput).toContain('Skipping browsers download because');
-  if (process.platform === 'linux') {
-    const output = await exec('node inspector-custom-executable.js', { env: { PWDEBUG: '1' } });
-    expect(output).toContain('SUCCESS');
-  }
-});
diff --git a/tests/installation/skip-browser-download.spec.ts b/tests/installation/skip-browser-download.spec.ts
index 98a016411d..7cf9cdf602 100755
--- a/tests/installation/skip-browser-download.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/skip-browser-download.spec.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,16 @@
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
 
-test('PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD should skip browser installs', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
-  const result = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts @playwright/browser-firefox', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
+test.use({ isolateBrowsers: true });
+
+test('should skip browser installs', async ({ exec, installedSoftwareOnDisk }) => {
+  const result = await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright @playwright/browser-firefox', { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
   expect(result).toHaveLoggedSoftwareDownload([]);
   expect(await installedSoftwareOnDisk()).toEqual([]);
   expect(result).toContain(`Skipping browsers download because`);
+
+  if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+    const output = await exec('node inspector-custom-executable.js', { env: { PWDEBUG: '1' } });
+    expect(output).toContain('SUCCESS');
+  }
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/typescript-types.spec.ts b/tests/installation/typescript-types.spec.ts
index 139eec9925..34e5ccb0fd 100755
--- a/tests/installation/typescript-types.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/typescript-types.spec.ts
@@ -31,28 +31,15 @@ test('typescript types should work', async ({ exec, tsc, writeFiles }) => {
       [filename]: `import { Page } from '${libraryPackage}';`,
     });
     await tsc(filename);
-  }
-
-  await tsc('playwright-test-types.ts');
-});
-
-test('typescript types should work with module: NodeNext', async ({ exec, tsc, writeFiles }) => {
-  const libraryPackages = [
-    'playwright',
-    'playwright-core',
-    'playwright-firefox',
-    'playwright-webkit',
-    'playwright-chromium',
-  ];
-  await exec('npm i @playwright/test', ...libraryPackages, { env: { PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: '1' } });
-
-  for (const libraryPackage of libraryPackages) {
-    const filename = libraryPackage + '.ts';
-    await writeFiles({
-      [filename]: `import { Page } from '${libraryPackage}';`,
-    });
     await tsc(`--module nodenext ${filename}`);
   }
 
+  await tsc('playwright-test-types.ts');
   await tsc('--module nodenext playwright-test-types.ts');
+
+  await writeFiles({
+    'test.ts':
+      `import { AndroidDevice, _android, AndroidWebView, Page } from 'playwright';`,
+  });
+  await tsc('test.ts');
 });
diff --git a/tests/installation/validate-dependencies.spec.ts b/tests/installation/validate-dependencies.spec.ts
index f68eb84ee3..247628c307 100644
--- a/tests/installation/validate-dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/validate-dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@
  */
 import { test, expect } from './npmTest';
 
-test.describe('validate dependencies', () => {
-  test('default (on)', async ({ exec }) => {
-    await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-    await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
-    const result = await exec('node validate-dependencies.js');
-    expect(result).toContain(`PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_VALIDATE_HOST_REQUIREMENTS`);
+test('validate dependencies', async ({ exec }) => {
+  await exec('npm i playwright');
+  await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
+
+  await test.step('default (on)', async () => {
+    const result1 = await exec('node validate-dependencies.js');
+    expect(result1).toContain(`PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_VALIDATE_HOST_REQUIREMENTS`);
   });
 
-  test('disabled (off)',  async ({ exec }) => {
-    await exec('npm i --foreground-scripts playwright');
-    await exec('npx playwright install chromium');
-    const result = await exec('node validate-dependencies-skip-executable-path.js');
-    expect(result).not.toContain(`PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_VALIDATE_HOST_REQUIREMENTS`);
+  await test.step('disabled (off)', async () => {
+    const result2 = await exec('node validate-dependencies-skip-executable-path.js');
+    expect(result2).not.toContain(`PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_VALIDATE_HOST_REQUIREMENTS`);
   });
 });