diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 79d45a1486..32ae39e7cb 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -631,12 +631,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./scripts/ci/publish-build-artifacts.sh
 
   aio_monitoring_stable:
-    # This job needs Chrome to be globally installed because the tests run with Protractor
-    # which does not load the browser through the Bazel webtesting rules.
-    executor: browsers-executor
+    executor: default-executor
     steps:
       - custom_attach_workspace
       - init_environment
+      - install_chrome_libs
       - run: setPublicVar_CI_STABLE_BRANCH
       - run:
           name: Check out `aio/` and yarn from the stable branch
diff --git a/aio/karma.conf.js b/aio/karma.conf.js
index 8a988059f4..6fd5f2f79b 100644
--- a/aio/karma.conf.js
+++ b/aio/karma.conf.js
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
       ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox: {
         base: 'ChromeHeadless',
         // See /integration/README.md#browser-tests for more info on these args
-        flags: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio']
-      }
+        flags: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio'],
+      },
     },
-    browsers: [process.env['CI'] ? 'ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox' : 'Chrome'],
+    browsers: ['ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox'],
     browserNoActivityTimeout: 60000,
     singleRun: false,
     restartOnFileChange: true,
diff --git a/aio/scripts/audit-web-app.js b/aio/scripts/audit-web-app.js
index a02ecd9db1..f7607a0a87 100644
--- a/aio/scripts/audit-web-app.js
+++ b/aio/scripts/audit-web-app.js
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
  */
 
 // Imports
-const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
 const lighthouse = require('lighthouse');
 const printer = require('lighthouse/lighthouse-cli/printer');
 const logger = require('lighthouse-logger');
+const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
 
 // Constants
 const AUDIT_CATEGORIES = ['accessibility', 'best-practices', 'performance', 'pwa', 'seo'];
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ function formatScore(score) {
 }
 
 async function launchChromeAndRunLighthouse(url, flags, config) {
-  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
-    headless: true,
-    args: ['--remote-debugging-port=9222']});
-  flags.port = browser.port;
+  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
+  flags.port = (new URL(browser.wsEndpoint())).port;
 
   try {
     return await lighthouse(url, flags, config);
diff --git a/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/protractor.conf.js b/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/protractor.conf.js
index 2654c527c6..472bbd2392 100644
--- a/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/protractor.conf.js
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ exports.config = {
   suite: 'full',
   capabilities: {
     browserName: 'chrome',
-    chromeOptions: process.env['CI'] ? {
+    chromeOptions: {
       binary: require('puppeteer').executablePath(),
       // See /integration/README.md#browser-tests for more info on these args
-      args: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio']
-    } : {},
+      args: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio'],
+    },
   },
   directConnect: true,
   framework: 'jasmine',
diff --git a/aio/tests/e2e/protractor.conf.js b/aio/tests/e2e/protractor.conf.js
index 44eeffdc67..56aed7bcad 100644
--- a/aio/tests/e2e/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/aio/tests/e2e/protractor.conf.js
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ exports.config = {
   ],
   capabilities: {
     browserName: 'chrome',
-    chromeOptions: process.env['CI'] ? {
+    chromeOptions: {
       binary: require('puppeteer').executablePath(),
       // See /integration/README.md#browser-tests for more info on these args
-      args: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio']
-    } : {},
+      args: ['--no-sandbox', '--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--hide-scrollbars', '--mute-audio'],
+    },
   },
   directConnect: true,
   baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/',
diff --git a/scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js b/scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js
index 77adc68478..05ba526dd3 100644
--- a/scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js
+++ b/scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 // Mapping of puppeteer releases to their default Chrome version
 // derived from https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/master/docs/api.md.
-// The puppeteer package.json file the Chrome revision such as
-// "chromium_revision": "722234" but this does not map easily to the Chrome
+// The puppeteer package.json file contains the compatible Chrome revision such as
+// "chromium_revision": "722234" but this does not map easily to the Chrome version
 // so we use this mapping here instead.
 module.exports = {
   "2.1.1": "80.0.3987.0",
diff --git a/scripts/webdriver-manager-update.js b/scripts/webdriver-manager-update.js
index 9357820209..d19bf65ce3 100755
--- a/scripts/webdriver-manager-update.js
+++ b/scripts/webdriver-manager-update.js
@@ -10,17 +10,19 @@
  */
 // Use process.cwd() so that this script is portable and can be used in /aio
 // where this will require /aio/node_modules/puppeteer
-const puppeteerVersion = require(`${process.cwd()}/node_modules/puppeteer/package.json`).version;
+const puppeteerPkgPath = require.resolve('puppeteer/package.json', {paths: [process.cwd()]});
+const puppeteerVersion = require(puppeteerPkgPath).version;
 const chromeVersionMap = require('./puppeteer-chrome-versions');
 const spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
 
 const version = chromeVersionMap[puppeteerVersion];
 if (!version) {
-  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Error: Could not Chrome version for Puppeteer version '${puppeteerVersion}' in Chrome/Puppeteer version map. Please update /scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js.`);
+  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Error: Could not find Chrome version for Puppeteer version '${puppeteerVersion}' in Chrome/Puppeteer version map. Please update /scripts/puppeteer-chrome-versions.js.`);
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
 const args = [
+  'webdriver-manager',
   'update',
   '--gecko=false',
   '--standalone=false',
@@ -30,13 +32,12 @@ const args = [
   ...process.argv.slice(2),
 ];
 
-const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
-const result = spawnSync(`${process.cwd()}/node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager${isWindows ? '.cmd' : ''}`, args, {stdio: 'inherit'});
+const result = spawnSync('yarn', args, {shell: true, stdio: 'inherit'});
 if (result.error) {
-  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Call to 'webdriver-manager update ${args.join(' ')}' failed with error code ${result.error.code}`);
+  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Call to 'yarn ${args.join(' ')}' failed with error code ${result.error.code}`);
   process.exit(result.status);
 }
 if (result.status) {
-  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Call to 'webdriver-manager update ${args.join(' ')}' failed with error code ${result.status}`);
+  console.error(`[webdriver-manager-update.js] Call to 'yarn ${args.join(' ')}' failed with error code ${result.status}`);
   process.exit(result.status);
-}  
+}