diff --git a/.circleci/workflows.yml b/.circleci/workflows.yml
index 5105b76e38a..6e8c24fb126 100644
--- a/.circleci/workflows.yml
+++ b/.circleci/workflows.yml
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ commands:
         description: Google Chrome version to install
         type: string
         # latest can also be used here
-        default: 131.0.6778.108
+        default: 132.0.6834.159
       install-firefox:
         description: whether or not to install firefox
         type: boolean
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/e2e/headless_old.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/e2e/headless_old.cy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f9458e537ee..00000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/e2e/headless_old.cy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-describe('e2e headless old spec', function () {
-  it('has expected launch args', function () {
-    cy.task('get:browser:args').should('contain', '--headless=old')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/plugins/index.js b/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/plugins/index.js
index 0436a606c83..827a05a6c38 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/system-tests/projects/e2e/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ module.exports = (on, config) => {
     }
 
     if (browser.family === 'chromium' && browser.name !== 'electron') {
-      if (process.env.CHROMIUM_USE_HEADLESS_OLD) {
-        options.args = options.args.map((arg) => {
-          // ensure we are using --headless=old by overriding both headless new and default
-          if (arg === '--headless' || arg === '--headless=new') {
-            return '--headless=old'
-          }
-
-          return arg
-        })
-      }
-
       if (process.env.CHROMIUM_EXTRA_LAUNCH_ARGS) {
         options.args = options.args.concat(process.env.CHROMIUM_EXTRA_LAUNCH_ARGS.split(' '))
       }
diff --git a/system-tests/test/headless_old_spec.js b/system-tests/test/headless_old_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index feeffc08cae..00000000000
--- a/system-tests/test/headless_old_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-const systemTests = require('../lib/system-tests').default
-
-describe('e2e', () => {
-  systemTests.setup()
-
-  systemTests.it('succeeds using --headless=old', {
-    spec: 'headless_old.cy.js',
-    browser: 'chrome',
-    processEnv: {
-      CHROMIUM_USE_HEADLESS_OLD: 1,
-    },
-  })
-})