diff --git a/tests/installation/npmTest.ts b/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
index 09849077b5..9360ce8a50 100644
--- a/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/npmTest.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ export const test = _test
         const npmLines = [
           `registry = ${registry.url()}/`,
           `cache = ${testInfo.outputPath('npm_cache')}`,
+          // Required after https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/8185.
+          'replace-registry-host=never',
         ];
         if (!allowGlobalInstall) {
           yarnLines.push(`prefix "${testInfo.outputPath('npm_global')}"`);
diff --git a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
index 9f909945a0..ebbb22adb2 100755
--- a/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/installation/playwright-cli-install-should-work.spec.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ test('install command should work', async ({ exec, checkInstalledSoftwareOnDisk
 
   await test.step('playwright install --list', async () => {
     const result = await exec('npx playwright install --list');
-    console.log('result', result);
     expect.soft(result).toMatch(/Playwright version: \d+\.\d+/);
     expect.soft(result).toMatch(/chromium-\d+/);
     expect.soft(result).toMatch(/chromium_headless_shell-\d+/);