diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
index 8fc5e17ba2..7dea0d9044 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run codecov
         if: ${{ matrix.node_version == '14' }}
   node-windows-tests:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
     runs-on: windows-latest
     env:
       NPM_CONFIG_UNSAFE_PERM: true
@@ -96,15 +94,15 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run test
   browser-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: circleci/node:16-browsers
     env:
       NPM_CONFIG_UNSAFE_PERM: true
     steps:
-      - name: Permission Setup
-        run: sudo chmod -R 777 /github /__w
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
 
       - name: restore lerna
         id: cache
@@ -126,8 +124,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build 🔧
         run: |
-          npm run compile
-          # run additional compilation variants
           npx lerna run compile
 
       - name: Unit tests
@@ -136,15 +132,14 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run codecov:browser
   webworker-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: circleci/node:16-browsers
     env:
       NPM_CONFIG_UNSAFE_PERM: true
     steps:
-      - name: Permission Setup
-        run: sudo chmod -R 777 /github /__w
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
 
       - name: restore lerna
         id: cache
@@ -166,8 +161,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build 🔧
         run: |
-          npm run compile
-          # run additional compilation variants
           npx lerna run compile
 
       - name: Unit tests
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc96d88150..5af8762b41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### :house: (Internal)
 
+* ci: run browser tests without circle [#3328](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3328) @dyladan
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)