diff --git a/node-playwright-camoufox/firefox_test.js b/node-playwright-camoufox/firefox_test.js
index aced688a..d692422e 100644
--- a/node-playwright-camoufox/firefox_test.js
+++ b/node-playwright-camoufox/firefox_test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { launchPlaywright } = require('crawlee');
+const playwright = require('playwright');
 const { launchOptions: camoufoxLaunchOptions } = require('camoufox-js');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
@@ -6,24 +6,22 @@ const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Playwright+Firefox test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Playwright+Firefox test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
-const testFirefox = async (launchOptions) => {
-    const launchContext = {
-        launcher: require('playwright').firefox,
-        launchOptions: await camoufoxLaunchOptions({
-            ...launchOptions,
-        }),
-    };
+const testFirefox = async (launchOptions = {}) => {
+    const options = await camoufoxLaunchOptions({ ...launchOptions });
 
-    console.log(`Testing Playwright with Firefox`, launchContext.launchOptions);
+    console.log('Testing Playwright with Camoufox', options);
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
+    const browser = await playwright.firefox.launch(options);
 
-    await testPageLoading(browser);
-    await browser.close();
+    try {
+        await testPageLoading(browser);
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = testFirefox;
diff --git a/node-playwright-camoufox/main.js b/node-playwright-camoufox/main.js
index c72d1035..b3a92d0a 100644
--- a/node-playwright-camoufox/main.js
+++ b/node-playwright-camoufox/main.js
@@ -11,23 +11,31 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
-const testFirefox = require('./firefox_test');
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
 
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // Sanity test browsers.
+const testFirefox = require('./firefox_test');
 
-    // Try to use full Firefox headless
+const run = async () => {
+    // Camoufox (Firefox) headless
     await testFirefox({ headless: true });
 
-    // Try to use full Firefox with XVFB
+    // Camoufox (Firefox) with XVFB (headful)
     await testFirefox({ headless: false });
 
-    // Try to use playwright default
-    await testFirefox({ executablePath: undefined });
-    await testFirefox({ executablePath: process.env.APIFY_DEFAULT_BROWSER_PATH });
-
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-});
+    console.log('... test PASSED');
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-playwright-camoufox/package.json b/node-playwright-camoufox/package.json
index e3d603c6..680a3381 100644
--- a/node-playwright-camoufox/package.json
+++ b/node-playwright-camoufox/package.json
@@ -7,19 +7,9 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
         "camoufox-js": "CAMOUFOX_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
         "impit": "latest",
-        "playwright": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "playwright": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-playwright-chrome/chrome_test.js b/node-playwright-chrome/chrome_test.js
index 746a576f..8b04e139 100644
--- a/node-playwright-chrome/chrome_test.js
+++ b/node-playwright-chrome/chrome_test.js
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
-const { launchPlaywright } = require('crawlee');
+const playwright = require('playwright');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Playwright+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Playwright+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
-const testChrome = async (launchOptions) => {
-    const launchContext = { useChrome: true, launchOptions };
+const testChrome = async (launchOptions = {}) => {
+    console.log('Testing Playwright with Chrome', launchOptions);
 
-    console.log(`Testing Playwright with Chrome`, launchContext);
+    const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({ channel: 'chrome', ...launchOptions });
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
-
-    await testPageLoading(browser);
-    await browser.close();
+    try {
+        await testPageLoading(browser);
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = {
     testChrome,
+    testPageLoading,
 };
diff --git a/node-playwright-chrome/main.js b/node-playwright-chrome/main.js
index b7354da0..897983d0 100644
--- a/node-playwright-chrome/main.js
+++ b/node-playwright-chrome/main.js
@@ -11,29 +11,31 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { launchPlaywright, getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
-const { testChrome } = require('./chrome_test');
-
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // Sanity test browsers.
-    // We need --no-sandbox, because even though the build is running on GitHub, the test is running in Docker.
-    const launchOptions = { headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox'] };
-    const launchContext = { launchOptions };
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
-    await browser.close();
+const { testChrome } = require('./chrome_test');
 
-    // Try to use full Chrome headless
+const run = async () => {
+    // Full Chrome headless
     await testChrome({ headless: true });
 
-    // Try to use full Chrome with XVFB
+    // Full Chrome with XVFB (headful)
     await testChrome({ headless: false });
 
-    // Try to use playwright default
-    await testChrome({ executablePath: undefined });
-    await testChrome({ executablePath: process.env.APIFY_DEFAULT_BROWSER_PATH });
-
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-});
+    console.log('... test PASSED');
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-playwright-chrome/package.json b/node-playwright-chrome/package.json
index 9d10b6fd..3ae50f8d 100644
--- a/node-playwright-chrome/package.json
+++ b/node-playwright-chrome/package.json
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "playwright-chromium": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "playwright-chromium": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-playwright-firefox/firefox_test.js b/node-playwright-firefox/firefox_test.js
index 29c8b4aa..c16240f7 100644
--- a/node-playwright-firefox/firefox_test.js
+++ b/node-playwright-firefox/firefox_test.js
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-const { launchPlaywright } = require('crawlee');
+const playwright = require('playwright');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Playwright+Firefox test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Playwright+Firefox test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
-const testFirefox = async (launchOptions) => {
-    const launchContext = {
-        launcher: require('playwright').firefox,
-        launchOptions,
-    };
+const testFirefox = async (launchOptions = {}) => {
+    console.log('Testing Playwright with Firefox', launchOptions);
 
-    console.log(`Testing Playwright with Firefox`, launchOptions);
+    const browser = await playwright.firefox.launch(launchOptions);
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
-
-    await testPageLoading(browser);
-    await browser.close();
+    try {
+        await testPageLoading(browser);
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = testFirefox;
diff --git a/node-playwright-firefox/main.js b/node-playwright-firefox/main.js
index c72d1035..5cf22bcf 100644
--- a/node-playwright-firefox/main.js
+++ b/node-playwright-firefox/main.js
@@ -11,23 +11,31 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
-const testFirefox = require('./firefox_test');
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
 
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // Sanity test browsers.
+const testFirefox = require('./firefox_test');
 
-    // Try to use full Firefox headless
+const run = async () => {
+    // Full Firefox headless
     await testFirefox({ headless: true });
 
-    // Try to use full Firefox with XVFB
+    // Full Firefox with XVFB (headful)
     await testFirefox({ headless: false });
 
-    // Try to use playwright default
-    await testFirefox({ executablePath: undefined });
-    await testFirefox({ executablePath: process.env.APIFY_DEFAULT_BROWSER_PATH });
-
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-});
+    console.log('... test PASSED');
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-playwright-firefox/package.json b/node-playwright-firefox/package.json
index 49e046e5..4644a5e3 100644
--- a/node-playwright-firefox/package.json
+++ b/node-playwright-firefox/package.json
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "playwright-firefox": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "playwright-firefox": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-playwright-webkit/main.js b/node-playwright-webkit/main.js
index 864bbecc..c523a247 100644
--- a/node-playwright-webkit/main.js
+++ b/node-playwright-webkit/main.js
@@ -11,23 +11,31 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
-const testWebkit = require('./webkit_test');
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
 
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // Sanity test browsers.
+const testWebkit = require('./webkit_test');
 
-    // Try to use full Webkit headless
+const run = async () => {
+    // Full Webkit headless
     await testWebkit({ headless: true });
 
-    // Try to use full Webkit with XVFB
+    // Full Webkit with XVFB (headful)
     await testWebkit({ headless: false });
 
-    // Try to use playwright default
-    await testWebkit({ executablePath: undefined });
-    await testWebkit({ executablePath: process.env.APIFY_DEFAULT_BROWSER_PATH });
-
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-});
+    console.log('... test PASSED');
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-playwright-webkit/package.json b/node-playwright-webkit/package.json
index 1e457900..06d09a99 100644
--- a/node-playwright-webkit/package.json
+++ b/node-playwright-webkit/package.json
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "playwright-webkit": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "playwright-webkit": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-playwright-webkit/webkit_test.js b/node-playwright-webkit/webkit_test.js
index 48db32e0..03f10992 100644
--- a/node-playwright-webkit/webkit_test.js
+++ b/node-playwright-webkit/webkit_test.js
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-const { launchPlaywright } = require('crawlee');
+const playwright = require('playwright');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Playwright+Webkit test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Playwright+Webkit test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
-const testWebkit = async (launchOptions) => {
-    const launchContext = {
-        launcher: require('playwright').webkit,
-        launchOptions,
-    };
+const testWebkit = async (launchOptions = {}) => {
+    console.log('Testing Playwright with Webkit', launchOptions);
 
-    console.log(`Testing Playwright with Webkit`, launchOptions);
+    const browser = await playwright.webkit.launch(launchOptions);
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
-
-    await testPageLoading(browser);
-    await browser.close();
+    try {
+        await testPageLoading(browser);
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = testWebkit;
diff --git a/node-playwright/chrome_test.js b/node-playwright/chrome_test.js
index d07ff037..8b04e139 100644
--- a/node-playwright/chrome_test.js
+++ b/node-playwright/chrome_test.js
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-const { launchPlaywright } = require('crawlee');
+const playwright = require('playwright');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Playwright+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Playwright+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
-const testChrome = async (launchOptions) => {
-    const launchContext = { useChrome: true, launchOptions };
+const testChrome = async (launchOptions = {}) => {
+    console.log('Testing Playwright with Chrome', launchOptions);
 
-    console.log(`Testing Playwright with Chrome`, launchContext);
+    const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({ channel: 'chrome', ...launchOptions });
 
-    const browser = await launchPlaywright(launchContext);
-
-    await testPageLoading(browser);
-    await browser.close();
+    try {
+        await testPageLoading(browser);
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
+    }
 };
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/node-playwright/main.js b/node-playwright/main.js
index 04966c17..a3840811 100644
--- a/node-playwright/main.js
+++ b/node-playwright/main.js
@@ -11,27 +11,33 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { launchPlaywright, getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
+
 const playwright = require('playwright');
 const { testChrome, testPageLoading } = require('./chrome_test');
 
-Actor.main(async () => {
+const run = async () => {
     const browsers = ['webkit', 'firefox', 'chromium'];
-    const promisesHeadless = browsers.map(async (browserName) => {
-        console.log(`Testing Playwright with ${browserName} and headless`);
-        const browser = await launchPlaywright({ launcher: playwright[browserName] });
-        return testPageLoading(browser);
-    });
-
-    const promisesHeadful = browsers.map(async (browserName) => {
-        console.log(`Testing Playwright with ${browserName} and headful`);
-        const browser = await launchPlaywright({ launcher: playwright[browserName], launchOptions: { headless: false } });
-        return testPageLoading(browser);
-    });
 
-    await Promise.all(promisesHeadless);
-    await Promise.all(promisesHeadful);
+    for (const headless of [true, false]) {
+        await Promise.all(
+            browsers.map(async (browserName) => {
+                console.log(`Testing Playwright with ${browserName} and ${headless ? 'headless' : 'headful'}`);
+                const browser = await playwright[browserName].launch({ headless });
+                try {
+                    await testPageLoading(browser);
+                } finally {
+                    await browser.close();
+                }
+            }),
+        );
+    }
 
     // Try to use full Chrome headless
     await testChrome({ headless: true });
@@ -39,8 +45,14 @@ Actor.main(async () => {
     // Try to use full Chrome with XVFB
     await testChrome({ headless: false, args: ['--disable-gpu'] });
 
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-
     console.log('All tests passed!');
-});
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-playwright/package.json b/node-playwright/package.json
index 76ef31f6..8a4fe092 100644
--- a/node-playwright/package.json
+++ b/node-playwright/package.json
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "playwright": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "playwright": "PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-puppeteer-chrome/main.js b/node-puppeteer-chrome/main.js
index e9eab3e9..1338b73a 100644
--- a/node-puppeteer-chrome/main.js
+++ b/node-puppeteer-chrome/main.js
@@ -11,29 +11,44 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { launchPuppeteer, getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
+
+const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
 const testPuppeteerChrome = require('./puppeteer_chrome_test');
 
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // First, try to open Chromium to see all dependencies are correctly installed
+const run = async () => {
+    // First, open the Chromium bundled with Puppeteer to verify dependencies are installed.
     console.log('Testing Puppeteer with Chromium');
-    // We need --no-sandbox, because even though the build is running on GitHub, the test is running in Docker.
-    const launchOptions = { headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox'] };
-    const browser1 = await launchPuppeteer({ launchOptions });
-    const page1 = await browser1.newPage();
-    await page1.goto('http://www.example.com');
-    const pageTitle1 = await page1.title();
-    if (pageTitle1 !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Puppeteer+Chromium test failed - returned title "${pageTitle1}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+    // We need --no-sandbox, because even though the build runs on GitHub, the test runs in Docker.
+    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox'] });
+    try {
+        const page = await browser.newPage();
+        await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
+        const pageTitle = await page.title();
+        if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
+            throw new Error(`Puppeteer+Chromium test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        }
+    } finally {
+        await browser.close();
     }
-    await browser1.close();
 
-    // Second, try to use full Chrome
+    // Second, use full Chrome.
     await testPuppeteerChrome();
 
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
-
     console.log('... test PASSED');
-});
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node-puppeteer-chrome/package.json b/node-puppeteer-chrome/package.json
index be665a85..6d9aaf45 100644
--- a/node-puppeteer-chrome/package.json
+++ b/node-puppeteer-chrome/package.json
@@ -7,17 +7,7 @@
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "puppeteer": "PUPPETEER_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
+        "puppeteer": "PUPPETEER_VERSION"
     },
     "repository": {}
 }
diff --git a/node-puppeteer-chrome/puppeteer_chrome_test.js b/node-puppeteer-chrome/puppeteer_chrome_test.js
index 55122a18..38a5a473 100644
--- a/node-puppeteer-chrome/puppeteer_chrome_test.js
+++ b/node-puppeteer-chrome/puppeteer_chrome_test.js
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-const { launchPuppeteer } = require('crawlee');
+const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
 
 const testPageLoading = async (browser) => {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.goto('http://www.example.com');
     const pageTitle = await page.title();
     if (pageTitle !== 'Example Domain') {
-        throw new Error(`Puppeteer+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}"" !== "Example Domain"`);
+        throw new Error(`Puppeteer+Chrome test failed - returned title "${pageTitle}" !== "Example Domain"`);
     }
 };
 
 const testPuppeteerChrome = async () => {
     console.log('Testing Puppeteer with full Chrome');
-    // We need --no-sandbox, because even though the build is running on GitHub, the test is running in Docker.
-    const launchOptions = { headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox'] };
-    const launchContext = { useChrome: true, launchOptions };
+    // We need --no-sandbox, because even though the build runs on GitHub, the test runs in Docker.
+    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
+        headless: true,
+        args: ['--no-sandbox'],
+        executablePath: process.env.APIFY_CHROME_EXECUTABLE_PATH,
+    });
 
-    const browser = await launchPuppeteer(launchContext);
     try {
         await testPageLoading(browser);
     } finally {
diff --git a/node/main.js b/node/main.js
index bf328376..335c506f 100644
--- a/node/main.js
+++ b/node/main.js
@@ -11,12 +11,24 @@ For more information, see https://docs.apify.com/actors/development/source-code#
 `);
 console.log('Testing Docker image...');
 
-const { Actor } = require('apify');
-const { getMemoryInfo } = require('crawlee');
-
-Actor.main(async () => {
-    // Test that "ps" command is available, sometimes it was missing in official Node builds
-    await getMemoryInfo();
+// `apify` is optional: the image no longer preinstalls it.
+let Actor;
+try {
+    ({ Actor } = require('apify'));
+} catch {
+    Actor = undefined;
+}
 
+const run = async () => {
+    // The base Node image has no browser to exercise; just confirm the runtime starts.
     console.log('... test PASSED');
-});
+};
+
+if (Actor) {
+    Actor.main(run);
+} else {
+    run().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/node/package.json b/node/package.json
index 1a942f8e..17738656 100644
--- a/node/package.json
+++ b/node/package.json
@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@
     "scripts": {
         "start": "node main.js"
     },
-    "dependencies": {
-        "apify": "APIFY_VERSION",
-        "crawlee": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-        "typescript": "^5.4.3"
-    },
-    "overrides": {
-        "apify": {
-            "@crawlee/core": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/types": "CRAWLEE_VERSION",
-            "@crawlee/utils": "CRAWLEE_VERSION"
-        }
-    },
+    "dependencies": {},
     "repository": {}
 }