diff --git a/packages/browser/package.json b/packages/browser/package.json
index e79fa6f0fd10..ca25dd6cabc5 100644
--- a/packages/browser/package.json
+++ b/packages/browser/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "playwright": "*",
-    "safaridriver": "*",
     "vitest": "^1.0.0",
     "webdriverio": "*"
   },
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/providers/webdriver.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/providers/webdriver.ts
index 311e445a8a7f..9480ba6a5716 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/providers/webdriver.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/providers/webdriver.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export class WebdriverBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
   public name = 'webdriverio'
 
   private cachedBrowser: WebdriverIO.Browser | null = null
-  private stopSafari: () => void = () => {}
   private browser!: WebdriverBrowser
   private ctx!: WorkspaceProject
 
@@ -39,14 +38,6 @@ export class WebdriverBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
     if (this.browser === 'safari') {
       if (options.headless)
         throw new Error('You\'ve enabled headless mode for Safari but it doesn\'t currently support it.')
-
-      const safaridriver = await import('safaridriver')
-      safaridriver.start({ diagnose: true })
-      this.stopSafari = () => safaridriver.stop()
-
-      process.on('beforeExit', () => {
-        safaridriver.stop()
-      })
     }
 
     const { remote } = await import('webdriverio')
@@ -97,7 +88,6 @@ export class WebdriverBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
 
   async close() {
     await Promise.all([
-      this.stopSafari(),
       this.cachedBrowser?.sessionId ? this.cachedBrowser?.deleteSession?.() : null,
     ])
     // TODO: right now process can only exit with timeout, if we use browser
diff --git a/test/browser/package.json b/test/browser/package.json
index 6f1f4214b041..a190c82e6808 100644
--- a/test/browser/package.json
+++ b/test/browser/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "test": "pnpm run test:webdriverio && pnpm run test:playwright",
     "test:webdriverio": "PROVIDER=webdriverio node --test specs/",
     "test:playwright": "PROVIDER=playwright node --test specs/",
+    "test:safaridriver": "PROVIDER=webdriverio BROWSER=safari node --test specs/",
     "coverage": "vitest --coverage.enabled --coverage.provider=istanbul --browser.headless=yes"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/browser/specs/runner.test.mjs b/test/browser/specs/runner.test.mjs
index 49bba6971186..ed8fd9fd4dbe 100644
--- a/test/browser/specs/runner.test.mjs
+++ b/test/browser/specs/runner.test.mjs
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import test from 'node:test'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
 
 const browser = process.env.BROWSER || (process.env.PROVIDER === 'playwright' ? 'chromium' : 'chrome')
+const argv = ['vitest', '--run', `--browser.name=${browser}`]
 
-const { stderr, stdout } = await execa('npx', ['vitest', '--run', `--browser.name=${browser}`, '--browser.headless'], {
+if (browser !== 'safari')
+  argv.push('--browser.headless')
+
+const { stderr, stdout } = await execa('npx', argv, {
   env: {
     ...process.env,
     CI: 'true',