diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
index be8c3120..d715cd32 100644
--- a/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -18,45 +18,12 @@
 module.exports = (on, config) => {
   // `on` is used to hook into various events Cypress emits
   // `config` is the resolved Cypress config
+  // we define the process variable in the config so we can access its values
+  // from the frontend
+  // see https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/9751
   config.process = {
-    chrome: process.chrome,
-    defaultApp: process.defaultApp,
-    electron: process.electron,
-    isMainFrame: process.isMainFrame,
-    mas: process.mas,
-    noAsar: process.noAsar,
-    noDeprecation: process.noDeprecation,
-    resourcesPath: process.resourcesPath,
-    sandboxed: process.sandboxed,
-    throwDeprecation: process.throwDeprecation,
-    traceDeprecation: process.traceDeprecation,
-    traceProcessWarnings: process.traceProcessWarnings,
-    type: process.type,
-    stdout: process.stdout,
-    stderr: process.stderr,
-    stdin: process.stdin,
-    argv: process.argv,
-    argv0: process.argv0,
-    execArgv: process.execArgv,
-    execPath: process.execPath,
-    debugPort: process.debugPort,
     env: process.env,
-    exitCode: process.exitCode,
-    version: process.version,
-    versions: process.versions,
-    config: process.config,
-    pid: process.pid,
-    ppid: process.ppid,
-    title: process.title,
     arch: process.arch,
-    platform: process.platform,
-    memoryUsage: process.memoryUsage,
-    release: process.release,
-    features: process.features,
-    hrtime: process.hrtime,
-    connected: process.connected,
-    report: process.report,
-    traceDeprecation: process.traceDeprecation,
   };
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index 4f47715b..543bbb0c 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("connect", () => {
 
 })
 Cypress.Commands.overwrite('visit', (orig, url, options) => {
-    // this is a fix to include the process variable when using the Electron browser
+    // this is a fix to include the process variable when using the Electron
+    // browser.
+    // see https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/9751
     return orig(url, Cypress.isBrowser('electron') ? {
         ...options,
         onBeforeLoad(win) {