diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-app.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-app.yml
index 9a10948e6e..8731720ceb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-app.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
 
   instance-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, flow, unit-tests]
+    needs: install # [lint, flow, unit-tests]
     if: "!(startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'fix(translations)') && github.actor == 'dhis2-bot') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.instance-version.outputs.version }}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
   cypress-dev:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: install
+    needs: instance-version
     strategy:
       # when one test fails, DO NOT cancel the other
       # containers, because this will kill Cypress processes
diff --git a/cypress.config.js b/cypress.config.js
index 753205f475..837af5437d 100644
--- a/cypress.config.js
+++ b/cypress.config.js
@@ -2,22 +2,11 @@ const { chromeAllowXSiteCookies } = require('@dhis2/cypress-plugins');
 const { defineConfig } = require('cypress');
 const getCypressEnvVariables = require('./cypress/support/getCypressEnvVariables');
 const cucumberPreprocessor = require('./cypress/support/cucumberPreprocessor');
-const path = require('path');
 
 async function setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
     await chromeAllowXSiteCookies(on);
     await cucumberPreprocessor(on, config);
 
-    on('before:browser:launch', (browser, launchOptions) => {
-        if (browser.family === 'chromium' && browser.name !== 'electron') {
-            launchOptions.extensions.push(path.join(__dirname, '/ignore-x-frame-headers'));
-            launchOptions
-                .args
-                .push('--disable-features=SameSiteByDefaultCookies,CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,SameSiteDefaultChecksMethodRigorously');
-        }
-        return launchOptions;
-    });
-
     config.env = getCypressEnvVariables(config);
     return config;
 }