diff --git a/bin-src/init.test.ts b/bin-src/init.test.ts
index 6fdfa171b..a46f8333c 100644
--- a/bin-src/init.test.ts
+++ b/bin-src/init.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { execaCommand } from "execa"
-import {findUp} from "find-up"
 import { writeFile } from "jsonfile";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
@@ -15,13 +14,6 @@ vi.mock('jsonfile', async (importOriginal) => {
 });
 
 vi.mock('execa');
-vi.mock('find-up', async (importOriginal) => {
-    return {
-        // @ts-expect-error TS does not think actual is an object, but it's fine.
-        ...await importOriginal(),
-        findUp: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(undefined)),
-    };
-});
 
 describe('addChromaticScriptToPackageJson', () => {
     afterEach(() => {
@@ -76,25 +68,29 @@ describe('installArchiveDependencies', () => {
         vi.clearAllMocks()
         vi.resetModules()
     })
-    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies for Playwright if SB package is not found and SB config is not found', async () => {
+    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies for Playwright if SB package is not found and Essentials is not found', async () => {
         await installArchiveDependencies({}, 'playwright')
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yarn add -D chromatic chromatic-playwright storybook@next @storybook/addon-essentials@next @storybook/server-webpack5@next')
     })
-    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies for Cypress if SB package is not found and SB config is not found', async () => {
+    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies for Cypress if SB package is not found and Essentials is not found', async () => {
         await installArchiveDependencies({}, 'cypress')
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yarn add -D chromatic chromatic-cypress storybook@next @storybook/addon-essentials@next @storybook/server-webpack5@next')
     })
-    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies if SB package is found and SB config is not found', async () => {
+    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies if SB package is found and Essentials is not found', async () => {
         await installArchiveDependencies({devDependencies: {'storybook': 'latest'}}, 'playwright')
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yarn add -D chromatic chromatic-playwright storybook@next @storybook/addon-essentials@next @storybook/server-webpack5@next')
     })
-    it('successfully installs complete list of dependencies if SB package is found and SB config is found', async () => {
-        vi.mocked(findUp).mockResolvedValue('./project/main.ts')
-        await installArchiveDependencies({devDependencies: {storybook: 'latest'}}, 'playwright')
-        expect(findUp).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    it('successfully installs smaller list of dependencies if SB package is found and Essentials is found in devDependencies', async () => {
+        await installArchiveDependencies({devDependencies: {storybook: 'latest', '@storybook/addon-essentials': 'latest'}}, 'playwright')
+        expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+        expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yarn add -D chromatic chromatic-playwright @storybook/server-webpack5@latest')
+        vi.clearAllMocks()
+    })
+    it('successfully installs smaller list of dependencies if SB package is found and Essentials is found in dependencies', async () => {
+        await installArchiveDependencies({dependencies: {storybook: 'latest', '@storybook/addon-essentials': 'latest'}}, 'playwright')
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
         expect(execaCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yarn add -D chromatic chromatic-playwright @storybook/server-webpack5@latest')
         vi.clearAllMocks()
diff --git a/bin-src/init.ts b/bin-src/init.ts
index 95691862b..876d5ed45 100644
--- a/bin-src/init.ts
+++ b/bin-src/init.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import boxen from "boxen";
 import { execaCommand } from 'execa';
-import { findUp } from 'find-up';
 import { writeFile } from 'jsonfile';
 import meow from 'meow';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ export const getPackageManagerInstallCommand = async (args: string[]) => {
     return await getCliCommand(parseNi, args, { programmatic: true });
 };
 
-const getSBConfigFilePath = async () => {
-    // Walks up directory tree to find nearest Storybook config file.
-    return await findUp(['.storybook/main.ts', '.storybook/main.js', '.storybook/main.tsx', '.storybook/main.jsx', '.storybook/main.mjs', '.storybook/main.cjs'])
-}
-
 export const addChromaticScriptToPackageJson = async ({ packageJson, packagePath }) => {
     try {
         const json = {
@@ -52,10 +46,10 @@ export const createChromaticConfigFile = async ({configFile, buildScriptName = n
 
 export const installArchiveDependencies = async (packageJson: PackageJson, testFramework: TestFrameworkType) => {
     let installArgs = ['-D', 'chromatic',`chromatic-${testFramework}`, 'storybook@next', '@storybook/addon-essentials@next', '@storybook/server-webpack5@next']
-    const sbConfigPath = await getSBConfigFilePath()
-    const sbVersion = packageJson?.devDependencies?.storybook || packageJson?.dependencies?.storybook
-    if(sbConfigPath && sbVersion) {
-        installArgs = ['-D', 'chromatic',`chromatic-${testFramework}`, `@storybook/server-webpack5@${sbVersion}`]
+    const storybookVersion = packageJson?.devDependencies?.storybook || packageJson?.dependencies?.storybook
+    const essentialsVersion = packageJson?.devDependencies?.['@storybook/addon-essentials'] || packageJson?.dependencies?.['@storybook/addon-essentials']
+    if(storybookVersion && essentialsVersion) {
+        installArgs = ['-D', 'chromatic',`chromatic-${testFramework}`, `@storybook/server-webpack5@${storybookVersion}`]
     }
     const installCommand = await getPackageManagerInstallCommand(installArgs)
     await execaCommand(installCommand)