diff --git a/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.ts b/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.ts
index 64b759ea1482..ef8e09ccbbd0 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.ts
@@ -1,101 +1,11 @@
-import _ from 'lodash'
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express'
 import send from 'send'
-import os from 'os'
-import { fs } from '../util/fs'
-import path from 'path'
-import Debug from 'debug'
-import pkg from '@packages/root'
-import { getPathToDist, getPathToIndex, RunnerPkg } from '@packages/resolve-dist'
-import type { InitializeRoutes } from '../routes'
-import type { PlatformName } from '@packages/types'
-import type { Cfg } from '../project-base'
-
-const debug = Debug('cypress:server:runner')
-
-const PATH_TO_NON_PROXIED_ERROR = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'html', 'non_proxied_error.html')
-
-const _serveNonProxiedError = (res: Response) => {
-  return fs.readFile(PATH_TO_NON_PROXIED_ERROR)
-  .then((html) => {
-    return res.type('html').end(html)
-  })
-}
-
-export interface ServeOptions extends Pick<InitializeRoutes, 'getSpec' | 'config' | 'getCurrentBrowser' | 'remoteStates' | 'exit'> {
-  testingType: Cypress.TestingType
-}
-
-export const serveRunner = (runnerPkg: RunnerPkg, config: Cfg, res: Response) => {
-  // base64 before embedding so user-supplied contents can't break out of <script>
-  // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/4952
-  const base64Config = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(config)).toString('base64')
-
-  const runnerPath = process.env.CYPRESS_INTERNAL_RUNNER_PATH || getPathToIndex(runnerPkg)
-
-  // Chrome plans to make document.domain immutable in Chrome 106, with the default value
-  // of the Origin-Agent-Cluster header becoming 'true'. We explicitly disable this header
-  // so that we can continue to support tests that visit multiple subdomains in a single spec.
-  // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/20147
-  res.setHeader('Origin-Agent-Cluster', '?0')
-
-  return res.render(runnerPath, {
-    base64Config,
-    projectName: config.projectName,
-    namespace: config.namespace,
-  })
-}
+import { getPathToDist } from '@packages/resolve-dist'
 
 export const runner = {
-  serve (req, res, runnerPkg: RunnerPkg, options: ServeOptions) {
-    if (req.proxiedUrl.startsWith('/')) {
-      debug('request was not proxied via Cypress, erroring %o', _.pick(req, 'proxiedUrl'))
-
-      return _serveNonProxiedError(res)
-    }
-
-    let { config, remoteStates, getCurrentBrowser, getSpec, exit } = options
-
-    config = _.clone(config)
-    // at any given point, rather than just arbitrarily modifying it.
-    // @ts-ignore
-    config.testingType = options.testingType
-
-    // TODO #1: bug. Passing `remote.domainName` breaks CT for unknown reasons.
-    // If you pass a remote object with a domainName key, we get cross-origin
-    // iframe access errors.
-    // repro:
-    // {
-    //    "domainName": "localhost"
-    // }
-    // TODO: Find out what the problem.
-    if (options.testingType === 'e2e') {
-      config.remote = remoteStates.getPrimary()
-    }
-
-    const spec = getSpec()
-
-    config.version = pkg.version
-    config.platform = os.platform() as PlatformName
-    config.arch = os.arch()
-    config.spec = spec ? { ...spec, name: spec.baseName } : null
-    // coerce type to allow string to be cast to BrowserFamily
-    config.browser = getCurrentBrowser() as Cypress.Browser
-    config.exit = exit ?? true
-
-    debug('serving runner index.html with config %o',
-      _.pick(config, 'version', 'platform', 'arch', 'projectName'))
-
-    // log the env object's keys without values to avoid leaking sensitive info
-    debug('env object has the following keys: %s', _.keys(config.env).join(', '))
-
-    return serveRunner(runnerPkg, config, res)
-  },
-
-  handle (testingType, req: Request, res: Response) {
+  handle (req: Request, res: Response) {
     const pathToFile = getPathToDist('runner', req.params[0])
 
-    return send(req, pathToFile)
-    .pipe(res)
+    return send(req, pathToFile).pipe(res)
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/routes.ts b/packages/server/lib/routes.ts
index dd436da6fd7f..27e727773eb5 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/server/lib/routes.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { ErrorRequestHandler, Request, Router } from 'express'
 import send from 'send'
 import { getPathToDist } from '@packages/resolve-dist'
 
-import type { Browser } from './browsers/types'
 import type { NetworkProxy } from '@packages/proxy'
 import type { Cfg } from './project-base'
 import xhrs from './controllers/xhrs'
@@ -20,13 +19,11 @@ const debug = Debug('cypress:server:routes')
 export interface InitializeRoutes {
   config: Cfg
   getSpec: () => FoundSpec | null
-  getCurrentBrowser: () => Browser
   nodeProxy: httpProxy
   networkProxy: NetworkProxy
   remoteStates: RemoteStates
   onError: (...args: unknown[]) => any
   testingType: Cypress.TestingType
-  exit?: boolean
 }
 
 export const createCommonRoutes = ({
@@ -34,10 +31,8 @@ export const createCommonRoutes = ({
   networkProxy,
   testingType,
   getSpec,
-  getCurrentBrowser,
   remoteStates,
   nodeProxy,
-  exit,
 }: InitializeRoutes) => {
   const router = Router()
   const { clientRoute, namespace } = config
@@ -61,7 +56,7 @@ export const createCommonRoutes = ({
   router.use(`/${namespace}/graphql/*`, graphQLHTTP)
 
   router.get(`/${namespace}/runner/*`, (req, res) => {
-    runner.handle(testingType, req, res)
+    runner.handle(req, res)
   })
 
   router.all(`/${namespace}/xhrs/*`, (req, res, next) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/server-base.ts b/packages/server/lib/server-base.ts
index 5ae72a835767..c5852f8c3668 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/server-base.ts
+++ b/packages/server/lib/server-base.ts
@@ -241,9 +241,7 @@ export abstract class ServerBase<TSocket extends SocketE2E | SocketCt> {
       networkProxy: this._networkProxy!,
       onError,
       getSpec,
-      getCurrentBrowser,
       testingType,
-      exit,
     }
 
     this.getCurrentBrowser = getCurrentBrowser
diff --git a/packages/server/test/unit/runner_spec.js b/packages/server/test/unit/runner_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cb7ca60fa938..000000000000
--- a/packages/server/test/unit/runner_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-require('../spec_helper')
-
-const { serveRunner } = require('../../lib/controllers/runner')
-
-describe('controllers/runner', () => {
-  describe('serveRunner', () => {
-    it('sets Origin-Agent-Cluster response header to false', () => {
-      const mockRes = {
-        setHeader: sinon.stub(),
-        render: sinon.stub(),
-      }
-
-      serveRunner('runner', {}, mockRes)
-
-      expect(mockRes.setHeader).to.have.been.calledWith('Origin-Agent-Cluster', '?0')
-      expect(mockRes.render).to.have.been.called
-    })
-  })
-})