diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 982475dddac0..960ca5072161 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 2.1
 
 orbs:
-  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.8
+  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.9
   codecov: codecov/codecov@5.0.0
   macos: circleci/macos@2.5.2
   node: circleci/node@6.3.0
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ commands:
           name: '💿 Update list of available apt packages'
           command: sudo apt update
       - browser-tools/install-chrome:
-          # chrome-version is set in ./.circleci/get_pinned_chrome_version.sh, see files for details.
+          chrome-version: ${CHROME_VERSION}
           replace-existing: true
       - browser-tools/install-chromedriver
   install_firefox:
diff --git a/.circleci/get_pinned_chrome_version.sh b/.circleci/get_pinned_chrome_version.sh
index 51b6ff9b3445..d96c0a73ae9b 100755
--- a/.circleci/get_pinned_chrome_version.sh
+++ b/.circleci/get_pinned_chrome_version.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,3 @@ echo "$(GREEN "Chrome version history URL is") $(CYAN "${CHROME_VERSION_HISTORY_
 echo "$(GREEN "Determining Chrome version...")"
 CHROME_VERSION="$(curl -sS --retry 3 ${CHROME_VERSION_HISTORY_URL} | jq -r ".versions[]|.version" | grep -m 1 "${CHROME_MAJOR_VERSION}\.[[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+.[[:digit:]]\+")"
 echo "$(GREEN "Chrome version is") $(CYAN "${CHROME_VERSION}")"
-
-# Workaround for https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/browser-tools-orb/issues/70
-echo "export ORB_PARAM_CHROME_VERSION=$CHROME_VERSION" >> $BASH_ENV
-echo $(GREEN "Successfully determined pinned version of Chrome")