diff --git a/src/ui-test/tests/env/set.camel.version.ts b/src/ui-test/tests/env/set.camel.version.ts
index c136934fd..6e245fa9b 100644
--- a/src/ui-test/tests/env/set.camel.version.ts
+++ b/src/ui-test/tests/env/set.camel.version.ts
@@ -16,37 +16,16 @@
  */
 import {
 	CATALOG_VERSION_ID,
-	RESOURCES,
 	readUserSetting,
 	setUserSettingsDirectly,
-	waitUntilExtensionIsActivated
 } from '../../utils/testUtils';
-import {
-	ActivityBar,
-	before,
-	VSBrowser,
-	WebDriver
-} from 'vscode-uitests-tooling';
-import * as pjson from '../../../../package.json';
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 
 describe('Camel version', function () {
-	this.timeout(150000);
+	this.timeout(15000);
 
 	const testDescription = process.env.CAMEL_VERSION ? `Set ${process.env.CAMEL_VERSION}` : 'Use default';
 
-	let driver: WebDriver;
-
-	before(async function () {
-		this.timeout(40000);
-		driver = VSBrowser.instance.driver;
-		await VSBrowser.instance.openResources(RESOURCES);
-		await VSBrowser.instance.waitForWorkbench();
-
-		await waitUntilExtensionIsActivated(driver, `${pjson.displayName}`);
-		await (await new ActivityBar().getViewControl('Explorer')).openView();
-	});
-
 	it(testDescription, async function () {
 		// no env variable set or is empty
 		if (process.env.CAMEL_VERSION == null || process.env.CAMEL_VERSION.length == 0) {
@@ -54,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Camel version', function () {
 		}
 
 		// set version directly
-		await setUserSettingsDirectly(CATALOG_VERSION_ID, process.env.CAMEL_VERSION);
+		setUserSettingsDirectly(CATALOG_VERSION_ID, process.env.CAMEL_VERSION);
 
 		// check if version was set
 		assert.equal(readUserSetting(CATALOG_VERSION_ID), process.env.CAMEL_VERSION)
diff --git a/src/ui-test/utils/testUtils.ts b/src/ui-test/utils/testUtils.ts
index 65f330a8a..3e4f8e418 100644
--- a/src/ui-test/utils/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/ui-test/utils/testUtils.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export function readUserSetting(id: string): string | null {
  * @param id ID of setting.
  * @param value Value of setting.
  */
-export async function setUserSettingsDirectly(id: string, value: string): Promise<void> {
+export function setUserSettingsDirectly(id: string, value: string): void {
 	const settingsPath = path.resolve(storageFolder, 'settings', 'User', 'settings.json');
 	const settings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf-8'));
 	settings[id] = value;