diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
index 3351170c29e0..aabc1e75b902 100755
--- a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ echo " -- TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION='$TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION'"
 echo " -- installing node.js dependencies"
 yarn kbn bootstrap --prefer-offline
 
-###
-### ensure Chromedriver install hook is triggered
-### when modules are up-to-date
-###
-node node_modules/chromedriver/install.js
-
 ###
 ### Download es snapshots
 ###
diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_env.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_env.sh
index 5757d72f9958..72ec73ad810e 100644
--- a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_env.sh
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_env.sh
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ export CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_MIRROR="https://us-central1-elastic-kibana-184716.cloudf
 export CHECKS_REPORTER_ACTIVE=false
 
 # This is mainly for release-manager builds, which run in an environment that doesn't have Chrome installed
-# if [[ "$(which google-chrome-stable)" || "$(which google-chrome)" ]]; then
-#   echo "Chrome detected, setting DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true"
-#   export DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true
-#   export CHROMEDRIVER_FORCE_DOWNLOAD=true
-# else
-#   echo "Chrome not detected, installing default chromedriver binary for the package version"
-# fi
+if [[ "$(which google-chrome-stable)" || "$(which google-chrome)" ]]; then
+  echo "Chrome detected, setting DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true"
+  export DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true
+  export CHROMEDRIVER_FORCE_DOWNLOAD=true
+else
+  echo "Chrome not detected, installing default chromedriver binary for the package version"
+fi
 
 ### only run on pr jobs for elastic/kibana, checks-reporter doesn't work for other repos
 if [[ "$ghprbPullId" && "$ghprbGhRepository" == 'elastic/kibana' ]] ; then