diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ExecutingAsyncJavascriptTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ExecutingAsyncJavascriptTest.java
index 99f27f56e8c8d..d839727779800 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ExecutingAsyncJavascriptTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ExecutingAsyncJavascriptTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NotYetImplemented;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -277,7 +276,6 @@ public void shouldBeAbleToPassMultipleArgumentsToAsyncScripts() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void shouldBeAbleToMakeXMLHttpRequestsAndWaitForTheResponse() {
     String script =
         "var url = arguments[0];" +
@@ -315,7 +313,6 @@ public void shouldBeAbleToMakeXMLHttpRequestsAndWaitForTheResponse() {
   @Ignore(IE)
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void throwsIfScriptTriggersAlert() {
     driver.get(pages.simpleTestPage);
     driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
@@ -332,7 +329,6 @@ public void throwsIfScriptTriggersAlert() {
   @Ignore(IE)
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void throwsIfAlertHappensDuringScript() {
     driver.get(pages.slowLoadingAlertPage);
     driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
@@ -348,7 +344,6 @@ public void throwsIfAlertHappensDuringScript() {
   @Ignore(IE)
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void throwsIfScriptTriggersAlertWhichTimesOut() {
     driver.get(pages.simpleTestPage);
     driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
@@ -365,7 +360,6 @@ public void throwsIfScriptTriggersAlertWhichTimesOut() {
   @Ignore(IE)
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void throwsIfAlertHappensDuringScriptWhichTimesOut() {
     driver.get(pages.slowLoadingAlertPage);
     driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
@@ -381,7 +375,6 @@ public void throwsIfAlertHappensDuringScriptWhichTimesOut() {
   @Ignore(IE)
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Relies on timing")
   public void includesAlertTextInUnhandledAlertException() {
     driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(5000));
     String alertText = "Look! An alert!";
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/FrameSwitchingTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/FrameSwitchingTest.java
index 4c590e80e00f0..44c47f3746dd5 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/FrameSwitchingTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/FrameSwitchingTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NotYetImplemented;
 
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ public void testShouldNotAutomaticallySwitchFocusToAnIFrameWhenAPageContainingTh
   }
 
   @Test(timeout = 10000)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "it hangs at IE9 and event Test.timeout doesn't help")
   public void testShouldOpenPageWithBrokenFrameset() {
     driver.get(appServer.whereIs("framesetPage3.html"));
 
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ImplicitWaitTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ImplicitWaitTest.java
index 82ec1404246a4..c78a9d783558e 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ImplicitWaitTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ImplicitWaitTest.java
@@ -31,14 +31,11 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NotYetImplemented;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason =
-    "Executing these tests over the wire doesn't work, because they relies on 100ms-specific timing")
 public class ImplicitWaitTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   @Before
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
index 39f7152be9c32..67417ef5be0f8 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsFreshDriver;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverAfterTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverBeforeTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NotYetImplemented;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ public void shouldSetAndGetPageLoadTimeout() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void testNoneStrategyShouldNotWaitForPageToLoad() {
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ public void testNoneStrategyShouldNotWaitForPageToLoad() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "Flaky")
@@ -111,7 +108,6 @@ public void testNoneStrategyShouldNotWaitForPageToRefresh() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void testEagerStrategyShouldNotWaitForResources() {
@@ -133,7 +129,6 @@ public void testEagerStrategyShouldNotWaitForResources() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void testEagerStrategyShouldNotWaitForResourcesOnRefresh() {
@@ -350,7 +345,6 @@ public void testShouldNotHangIfDocumentOpenCallIsNeverFollowedByDocumentCloseCal
   @Test
   @Ignore(LEGACY_FIREFOX_XPI)
   @NotYetImplemented(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void testPageLoadTimeoutCanBeChanged() {
     testPageLoadTimeoutIsEnforced(2);
     testPageLoadTimeoutIsEnforced(3);
@@ -359,7 +353,6 @@ public void testPageLoadTimeoutCanBeChanged() {
   @Test
   @Ignore(LEGACY_FIREFOX_XPI)
   @NotYetImplemented(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void testCanHandleSequentialPageLoadTimeouts() {
     long pageLoadTimeout = 2;
     long pageLoadTimeBuffer = 10;
@@ -369,7 +362,6 @@ public void testCanHandleSequentialPageLoadTimeouts() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToLoad() {
     try {
       testPageLoadTimeoutIsEnforced(2);
@@ -386,7 +378,6 @@ public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToLoad() {
   @Ignore(value = LEGACY_FIREFOX_XPI, travis = true)
   @Ignore(HTMLUNIT)
   @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Flaky")
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToLoadAfterClick() {
     driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(2));
 
@@ -415,7 +406,6 @@ public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToLoadAfterClick() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "Flaky")
   @Ignore(value = EDGE, reason = "Flaky")
   public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToRefresh() {
@@ -452,7 +442,6 @@ public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToRefresh() {
   @NotYetImplemented(EDGE)
   @NotYetImplemented(value = SAFARI)
   @NotYetImplemented(HTMLUNIT)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void testShouldNotStopLoadingPageAfterTimeout() {
     try {
       testPageLoadTimeoutIsEnforced(1);
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ProxySettingTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ProxySettingTest.java
index 917b79ebf87c9..8f1d3e40db9ed 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ProxySettingTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ProxySettingTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverAfterTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverBeforeTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Safely;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ public void tearDown() {
 
   @Test
   @Ignore(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void canConfigureManualHttpProxy() {
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ public void canConfigureManualHttpProxy() {
 
   @Test
   @Ignore(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void canConfigureNoProxy() {
@@ -110,7 +107,6 @@ public void canConfigureNoProxy() {
 
   @Test
   @Ignore(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   public void canConfigureProxyThroughPACFile() {
@@ -132,7 +128,6 @@ public void canConfigureProxyThroughPACFile() {
 
   @Test
   @Ignore(SAFARI)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
   @Ignore(value = FIREFOX, travis = true)
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ReferrerTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ReferrerTest.java
index 8ea54f3a25349..1b062e7bfc6c1 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ReferrerTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ReferrerTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.SeleniumTestRule;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.SeleniumTestRunner;
 
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ private WebDriver createDriver(String pacUrl) {
    * does not have a proxy configured.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void basicHistoryNavigationWithoutAProxy() {
     String page1Url = server1.whereIs(PAGE_1 + "?next=" + encode(server1.whereIs(PAGE_2)));
     String page2Url = server1.whereIs(PAGE_2 + "?next=" + encode(server1.whereIs(PAGE_3)));
@@ -155,7 +153,6 @@ public void basicHistoryNavigationWithoutAProxy() {
    * Tests navigation across multiple domains when the browser does not have a proxy configured.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   @Ignore(value = FIREFOX, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithoutAProxy() {
@@ -177,7 +174,6 @@ public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithoutAProxy() {
    * configured to use a proxy that permits direct access to that domain.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void basicHistoryNavigationWithADirectProxy() {
     proxyServer.setPacFileContents("function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { return 'DIRECT'; }");
     WebDriver driver = createDriver(proxyServer.whereIs("/pac.js"));
@@ -199,7 +195,6 @@ public void basicHistoryNavigationWithADirectProxy() {
    * permits direct access to those domains.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   @Ignore(value = FIREFOX, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithADirectProxy() {
@@ -224,7 +219,6 @@ public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithADirectProxy() {
    * redirects the second domain to another host.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   @Ignore(value = FIREFOX, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithAProxiedHost() {
@@ -256,7 +250,6 @@ public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWithAProxiedHost() {
    * to connect directly to the target server.
    */
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   @Ignore(value = FIREFOX, reason = "https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/07/referrer-policy-new-chrome-default")
   public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWhenProxyInterceptsHostRequests() {
@@ -291,7 +284,6 @@ public void crossDomainHistoryNavigationWhenProxyInterceptsHostRequests() {
     reason = "IEDriver does not disable automatic proxy caching, causing this test to fail, issue 6629")
   @Ignore(FIREFOX)
   @Ignore(value = LEGACY_FIREFOX_XPI, travis = true)
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Ignore(value = CHROME, reason = "Flaky")
   public void navigationWhenProxyInterceptsASpecificUrl() {
     // Have our proxy intercept requests for page 2.
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/UnexpectedAlertBehaviorTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/UnexpectedAlertBehaviorTest.java
index eac3bdcae44db..d5ca7e95e6ae5 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/UnexpectedAlertBehaviorTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/UnexpectedAlertBehaviorTest.java
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverBeforeTest;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Requires local browser launching environment")
 @Ignore(value = SAFARI, reason = "Does not support alerts yet")
 public class UnexpectedAlertBehaviorTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsFunctionalTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsFunctionalTest.java
index 8e7db822cf947..408d2979cdd5c 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeOptionsFunctionalTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
 import org.openqa.selenium.build.InProject;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.TestUtilities;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public void tearDown() {
     }
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void canStartChromeWithCustomOptions() {
     ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
@@ -64,7 +62,6 @@ public void canStartChromeWithCustomOptions() {
     assertThat(userAgent).isEqualTo("foo;bar");
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void optionsStayEqualAfterSerialization() {
     ChromeOptions options1 = new ChromeOptions();
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ public void optionsStayEqualAfterSerialization() {
     assertThat(options2).isEqualTo(options1);
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void canSetAcceptInsecureCerts() {
     ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
@@ -87,7 +83,6 @@ public void canSetAcceptInsecureCerts() {
     assertThat(driver.getCapabilities().getCapability(ACCEPT_INSECURE_CERTS)).isEqualTo(true);
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void canAddExtensionFromFile() {
     ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
@@ -106,7 +101,6 @@ public void canAddExtensionFromFile() {
     new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10)).until(titleIs("clicks"));
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void canAddExtensionFromStringEncodedInBase64() throws IOException {
     ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxDriverTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxDriverTest.java
index b344d693b6148..e365d928106fb 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxDriverTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxDriverTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsFreshDriver;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverAfterTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NotYetImplemented;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.drivers.WebDriverBuilder;
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@
 import static org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.titleIs;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.testing.drivers.Browser.FIREFOX;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Requires local browser launching environment")
 public class FirefoxDriverTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   private FirefoxDriver localDriver;
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverTest.java
index 2570413bd8515..053dbaa1095b9 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
 import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverAfterTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NoDriverBeforeTest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.drivers.WebDriverBuilder;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.ENABLE_PERSISTENT_HOVERING;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Requires local browser launching environment")
 public class InternetExplorerDriverTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   @Test
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ public void canStartMultipleIeDriverInstances() {
 
   @NoDriverBeforeTest
   @NoDriverAfterTest
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void testPersistentHoverCanBeTurnedOff() throws Exception {
     createNewDriver(new ImmutableCapabilities(ENABLE_PERSISTENT_HOVERING, false));
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/logging/GetLogsTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/logging/GetLogsTest.java
index de6ce5d6d9c54..09dabd1219ca6 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/logging/GetLogsTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/logging/GetLogsTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.drivers.WebDriverBuilder;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ private static boolean hasOverlappingLogEntries(LogEntries firstLog, LogEntries
   }
 
   @Test
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   public void turningOffLogShouldMeanNoLogMessages() {
     Set<String> logTypes = driver.manage().logs().getAvailableLogTypes();
     for (String logType : logTypes) {
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/opera/OperaOptionsFunctionalTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/opera/OperaOptionsFunctionalTest.java
index 73b0eedbfdba4..f6415f6f8002d 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/opera/OperaOptionsFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/opera/OperaOptionsFunctionalTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 
 /**
  * Functional tests for {@link OperaOptions}.
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ public void tearDown() {
     }
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void canStartOperaWithCustomOptions() {
     OperaOptions options = new OperaOptions();
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ public void canStartOperaWithCustomOptions() {
     assertThat(userAgent).isEqualTo("foo;bar");
   }
 
-  @NeedsLocalEnvironment
   @Test
   public void optionsStayEqualAfterSerialization() {
     OperaOptions options1 = new OperaOptions();
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CleanSessionTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CleanSessionTest.java
index 595a88c4a9673..d0bbf61643566 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CleanSessionTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CleanSessionTest.java
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Ignore;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Requires local browser launching environment")
 public class CleanSessionTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   private static final Cookie COOKIE = new Cookie("foo", "bar");
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CrossDomainTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CrossDomainTest.java
index 177d114a83184..cff1bcfcd5712 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CrossDomainTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/safari/CrossDomainTest.java
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.environment.webserver.NettyAppServer;
 import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.JUnit4TestBase;
-import org.openqa.selenium.testing.NeedsLocalEnvironment;
 import org.openqa.selenium.testing.Pages;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 
-@NeedsLocalEnvironment(reason = "Uses a local server")
 public class CrossDomainTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   private static AppServer otherServer;
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/BUILD.bazel b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/BUILD.bazel
index f5752a6e6f152..3558f6b483e7a 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ java_library(
         "Ignore.java",
         "IgnoreList.java",
         "NeedsFreshDriver.java",
-        "NeedsLocalEnvironment.java",
         "NoDriverAfterTest.java",
         "NoDriverBeforeTest.java",
         "NotYetImplemented.java",
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/NeedsLocalEnvironment.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/NeedsLocalEnvironment.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eb52a45393c51..0000000000000
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/testing/NeedsLocalEnvironment.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
-// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-// distributed with this work for additional information
-// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
-// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-// specific language governing permissions and limitations
-// under the License.
-
-package org.openqa.selenium.testing;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
-public @interface NeedsLocalEnvironment {
-
-  String reason() default "";
-}