diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
index 2744ba64ac63ec..abad2722bb1046 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
     });
 
     describe('query', function() {
-      this.tags(['skipFirefox']);
       const queryName1 = 'Query # 1';
 
       it('should show correct time range string by timepicker', async function() {
@@ -99,9 +98,10 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
         const newDurationHours = await PageObjects.timePicker.getTimeDurationInHours();
         expect(Math.round(newDurationHours)).to.be(25);
         const rowData = await PageObjects.discover.getDocTableField(1);
+        log.debug(`The first timestamp value in doc table: ${rowData}`);
         expect(Date.parse(rowData)).to.be.within(
-          Date.parse('Sep 20, 2015 @ 22:00:00.000'),
-          Date.parse('Sep 20, 2015 @ 23:30:00.000')
+          Date.parse('Sep 20, 2015 @ 21:30:00.000'),
+          Date.parse('Sep 20, 2015 @ 23:00:00.000')
         );
       });
 
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
index 2c909a8ef98efd..57402c6a947bbe 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
@@ -40,37 +40,6 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCo
   const defaultFindTimeout = config.get('timeouts.find');
 
   class CommonPage {
-    /**
-     * Navigates the browser window to provided URL
-     * @param url URL
-     * @param shouldAcceptAlert pass 'true' if browser alert should be accepted
-     */
-    private static async navigateToUrlAndHandleAlert(url: string, shouldAcceptAlert: boolean) {
-      log.debug('Navigate to: ' + url);
-      try {
-        await browser.get(url);
-      } catch (navigationError) {
-        log.debug('Error navigating to url');
-        const alert = await browser.getAlert();
-        if (alert && alert.accept) {
-          if (shouldAcceptAlert) {
-            log.debug('Should accept alert');
-            try {
-              await alert.accept();
-            } catch (alertException) {
-              log.debug('Error accepting alert');
-              throw alertException;
-            }
-          } else {
-            log.debug('Will not accept alert');
-            throw navigationError;
-          }
-        } else {
-          throw navigationError;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns Kibana host URL
      */
@@ -144,7 +113,9 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCo
           log.debug(`navigateToActualUrl ${appUrl}`);
           await browser.get(appUrl);
         } else {
-          await CommonPage.navigateToUrlAndHandleAlert(appUrl, shouldAcceptAlert);
+          await browser.get(appUrl);
+          const alert = await browser.getAlert();
+          await alert?.accept();
         }
 
         const currentUrl = shouldLoginIfPrompted
@@ -212,7 +183,9 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCo
       await retry.tryForTime(defaultTryTimeout * 2, async () => {
         let lastUrl = await retry.try(async () => {
           // since we're using hash URLs, always reload first to force re-render
-          await CommonPage.navigateToUrlAndHandleAlert(appUrl, shouldAcceptAlert);
+          await browser.get(appUrl);
+          const alert = await browser.getAlert();
+          await alert?.accept();
           await this.sleep(700);
           log.debug('returned from get, calling refresh');
           await browser.refresh();
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/discover_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/discover_page.ts
index 39f6ef7880b65b..369353d7b87877 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/discover_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/discover_page.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export function DiscoverPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProvider
 
       await browser
         .getActions()
-        .move({ x: 200, y: 20, origin: el._webElement })
+        .move({ x: 0, y: 20, origin: el._webElement })
         .click()
         .perform();
     }
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ export function DiscoverPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProvider
       const el = await elasticChart.getCanvas();
 
       await browser.dragAndDrop(
-        { location: el, offset: { x: 200, y: 20 } },
-        { location: el, offset: { x: 400, y: 30 } }
+        { location: el, offset: { x: -300, y: 20 } },
+        { location: el, offset: { x: -100, y: 30 } }
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
index eaed82940679d9..a1275fc12c9e1d 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/remote/webdriver.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ async function attemptToCreateCommand(
           chromeOptions.push('headless', 'disable-gpu', 'remote-debugging-port=9222');
         }
         chromeCapabilities.set('goog:chromeOptions', {
-          w3c: false,
+          w3c: true,
           args: chromeOptions,
         });
+        chromeCapabilities.set('unexpectedAlertBehaviour', 'accept');
         chromeCapabilities.set('goog:loggingPrefs', { browser: 'ALL' });
 
         const session = await new Builder()