diff --git a/tasks/test.js b/tasks/test.js
index d17597f1b168..8d3170d327b2 100644
--- a/tasks/test.js
+++ b/tasks/test.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     'karma:dev'
   ]);
 
-  // test:ui temporarily renamed
-  grunt.registerTask('test:browser', [
+  grunt.registerTask('test:ui', [
     'esvm:ui',
     'run:testUIServer',
     'downloadSelenium',
diff --git a/test/support/pages/Common.js b/test/support/pages/Common.js
index a0ba90c1e7b0..009cfa38997d 100644
--- a/test/support/pages/Common.js
+++ b/test/support/pages/Common.js
@@ -6,46 +6,12 @@ define(function (require) {
   var testSubjSelector = require('intern/dojo/node!@spalger/test-subj-selector');
   var getUrl = require('intern/dojo/node!../../utils/getUrl');
   var fs = require('intern/dojo/node!fs');
-  var _ = require('intern/dojo/node!lodash');
-  var parse = require('intern/dojo/node!url').parse;
-  var format = require('intern/dojo/node!url').format;
   var path = require('intern/dojo/node!path');
 
-  function injectTimestampQuery(func, url) {
-    var formatted = modifyQueryString(url, function (parsed) {
-      parsed.query._t = Date.now();
-    });
-    return func.call(this, formatted);
-  }
-
-  function removeTimestampQuery(func) {
-    return func.call(this)
-    .then(function (url) {
-      return modifyQueryString(url, function (parsed) {
-        parsed.query = _.omit(parsed.query, '_t');
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  function modifyQueryString(url, func) {
-    var parsed = parse(url, true);
-    if (parsed.query === null) {
-      parsed.query = {};
-    }
-    func(parsed);
-    return format(_.pick(parsed, 'protocol', 'hostname', 'port', 'pathname', 'query', 'hash', 'auth'));
-  }
-
   function Common(remote) {
     this.remote = remote;
-    if (remote.get.wrapper !== injectTimestampQuery) {
-      this.remote.get = _.wrap(this.remote.get, injectTimestampQuery);
-      remote.get.wrapper = injectTimestampQuery;
-      this.remote.getCurrentUrl = _.wrap(this.remote.getCurrentUrl, removeTimestampQuery);
-    }
   }
 
-
   var defaultTimeout = config.timeouts.default;
 
   Common.prototype = {