diff --git a/test/functional/services/find.ts b/test/functional/services/find.ts
index 09fc32115f6833..3697e944610743 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/find.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/find.ts
@@ -17,20 +17,16 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { WebDriver, WebElement, By } from 'selenium-webdriver';
+import { WebDriver, WebElement, By, until } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
 import { WebElementWrapper } from './lib/web_element_wrapper';
 
 export async function FindProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const log = getService('log');
   const config = getService('config');
-  const webdriver = await getService('__webdriver__').init();
+  const { driver, browserType } = await getService('__webdriver__').init();
   const retry = getService('retry');
 
-  const driver = webdriver.driver;
-  const until = webdriver.until;
-  const browserType = webdriver.browserType;
-
   const WAIT_FOR_EXISTS_TIME = config.get('timeouts.waitForExists');
   const POLLING_TIME = 500;
   const defaultFindTimeout = config.get('timeouts.find');
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ export async function FindProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     WebElementWrapper.create(
       webElement,
       locator,
-      webdriver,
+      driver,
       defaultFindTimeout,
       fixedHeaderHeight,
       log,
diff --git a/test/functional/services/lib/web_element_wrapper/web_element_wrapper.ts b/test/functional/services/lib/web_element_wrapper/web_element_wrapper.ts
index 8b57ecd3c82350..615dc783601bc9 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/lib/web_element_wrapper/web_element_wrapper.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/lib/web_element_wrapper/web_element_wrapper.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { delay } from 'bluebird';
-import { WebElement, WebDriver, By, Key, until } from 'selenium-webdriver';
+import { WebElement, WebDriver, By, Key } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import { PNG } from 'pngjs';
 // @ts-ignore not supported yet
 import cheerio from 'cheerio';
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ import { CustomCheerio, CustomCheerioStatic } from './custom_cheerio_api';
 import { scrollIntoViewIfNecessary } from './scroll_into_view_if_necessary';
 import { Browsers } from '../../remote/browsers';
 
-interface Driver {
-  driver: WebDriver;
-  By: typeof By;
-  until: typeof until;
-}
-
 interface TypeOptions {
   charByChar: boolean;
 }
@@ -51,16 +45,15 @@ const RETRY_CLICK_RETRY_ON_ERRORS = [
 ];
 
 export class WebElementWrapper {
-  private By = this.webDriver.By;
-  private driver: WebDriver = this.webDriver.driver;
+  private By = By;
   private Keys = Key;
-  public isW3CEnabled: boolean = (this.webDriver.driver as any).executor_.w3c === true;
+  public isW3CEnabled: boolean = (this.driver as any).executor_.w3c === true;
   public isChromium: boolean = [Browsers.Chrome, Browsers.ChromiumEdge].includes(this.browserType);
 
   public static create(
     webElement: WebElement | WebElementWrapper,
     locator: By | null,
-    webDriver: Driver,
+    driver: WebDriver,
     timeout: number,
     fixedHeaderHeight: number,
     logger: ToolingLog,
@@ -73,7 +66,7 @@ export class WebElementWrapper {
     return new WebElementWrapper(
       webElement,
       locator,
-      webDriver,
+      driver,
       timeout,
       fixedHeaderHeight,
       logger,
@@ -84,7 +77,7 @@ export class WebElementWrapper {
   constructor(
     public _webElement: WebElement,
     private locator: By | null,
-    private webDriver: Driver,
+    private driver: WebDriver,
     private timeout: number,
     private fixedHeaderHeight: number,
     private logger: ToolingLog,
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ export class WebElementWrapper {
     return WebElementWrapper.create(
       otherWebElement,
       locator,
-      this.webDriver,
+      this.driver,
       this.timeout,
       this.fixedHeaderHeight,
       this.logger,
diff --git a/test/functional/services/remote/remote.ts b/test/functional/services/remote/remote.ts
index 933b08f7681e8b..770e82ad461d23 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/remote/remote.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/remote/remote.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export async function RemoteProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     Fs.writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(coverageJson), null, 2));
   };
 
-  const { driver, By, until, consoleLog$ } = await initWebDriver(
+  const { driver, consoleLog$ } = await initWebDriver(
     log,
     browserType,
     lifecycle,
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ export async function RemoteProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     await driver.quit();
   });
 
-  return { driver, By, until, browserType, consoleLog$ };
+  return { driver, browserType, consoleLog$ };
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
index df79db50b8683e..27d17bf754659c 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { delay } from 'bluebird';
 import chromeDriver from 'chromedriver';
 // @ts-ignore types not available
 import geckoDriver from 'geckodriver';
-import { Builder, Capabilities, By, logging, until } from 'selenium-webdriver';
+import { Builder, Capabilities, logging } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import chrome from 'selenium-webdriver/chrome';
 import firefox from 'selenium-webdriver/firefox';
 import edge from 'selenium-webdriver/edge';
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ async function attemptToCreateCommand(
     return;
   } // abort
 
-  return { driver: session, By, until, consoleLog$ };
+  return { driver: session, consoleLog$ };
 }
 
 export async function initWebDriver(