diff --git a/test/src/headful.spec.ts b/test/src/headful.spec.ts
index 69643f62f23..4049dc8a4d6 100644
--- a/test/src/headful.spec.ts
+++ b/test/src/headful.spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import expect from 'expect';
 import {PuppeteerLaunchOptions} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/node/PuppeteerNode.js';
 import {rmSync} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/node/util/fs.js';
 
-import {getTestState, launch} from './mocha-utils.js';
+import {getTestState, isHeadless, launch} from './mocha-utils.js';
 
 const TMP_FOLDER = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pptr_tmp_folder-');
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const serviceWorkerExtensionPath = path.join(
   'extension'
 );
 
-describe('headful tests', function () {
+(!isHeadless ? describe : describe.skip)('headful tests', function () {
   /* These tests fire up an actual browser so let's
    * allow a higher timeout
    */
diff --git a/test/src/mocha-utils.ts b/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
index 2fb68550322..19a0aedb447 100644
--- a/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
+++ b/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const headless = (process.env['HEADLESS'] || 'true').trim().toLowerCase() as
   | 'true'
   | 'false'
   | 'new';
-const isHeadless = headless === 'true' || headless === 'new';
+export const isHeadless = headless === 'true' || headless === 'new';
 const isFirefox = product === 'firefox';
 const isChrome = product === 'chrome';
 const protocol = (process.env['PUPPETEER_PROTOCOL'] || 'cdp') as