diff --git a/test/automation/src/index.ts b/test/automation/src/index.ts
index 2e4adf28c49..bc4c8dcb2bd 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/index.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export * from './positron/positronPlots';
 export * from './positron/fixtures/positronPythonFixtures';
 export * from './positron/fixtures/positronRFixtures';
 export * from './positron/fixtures/positronUserSettingsFixtures';
-export * from './positron/positronBaseElement';
 export * from './positron/positronNotebooks';
 export * from './positron/positronNewProjectWizard';
 export * from './positron/positronConnections';
diff --git a/test/automation/src/positron/positronBaseElement.ts b/test/automation/src/positron/positronBaseElement.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 52530372e46..00000000000
--- a/test/automation/src/positron/positronBaseElement.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (C) 2024 Posit Software, PBC. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import { Page } from '@playwright/test';
-import { Code } from '../code';
-
-/*
- * Base class for Positron elements similar to a PageObject
- * This uses the Code class to interact with the UI
- */
-export class PositronBaseElement {
-	myselector: string;
-
-	constructor(myselector: string, protected code: Code = this.code) {
-		this.myselector = myselector;
-	}
-
-	async click(): Promise<void> {
-		await this.code.driver.page.locator(this.myselector).click();
-	}
-
-	async isNotVisible(retryCount: number = 200): Promise<void> {
-		await this.code.waitForElement(this.myselector, (result) => !result, retryCount);
-	}
-
-	async waitforVisible(): Promise<void> {
-		await this.code.waitForElement(this.myselector);
-	}
-
-	async hover(): Promise<void> {
-		await this.code.driver.getLocator(this.myselector).hover();
-	}
-
-	async isDisabled(): Promise<boolean> {
-		return await this.code.driver.getLocator(this.myselector).isDisabled();
-	}
-
-	async isEnabled(): Promise<boolean> {
-		return await this.code.driver.getLocator(this.myselector).isEnabled();
-	}
-
-	getPage(): Page {
-		return this.code.driver.getLocator(this.myselector).page();
-	}
-}
-
-export class PositronTextElement extends PositronBaseElement {
-	constructor(myselector: string, code: Code) {
-		super(myselector, code);
-	}
-
-	async waitForText(expectedText: string): Promise<string> {
-		return await this.code.waitForTextContent(this.myselector, expectedText);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/test/automation/src/positron/positronDataExplorer.ts b/test/automation/src/positron/positronDataExplorer.ts
index d334263e701..cb34c0926ba 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/positron/positronDataExplorer.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/positron/positronDataExplorer.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { expect, Locator } from '@playwright/test';
 import { Code } from '../code';
-import { PositronBaseElement } from './positronBaseElement';
 import { Workbench } from '../workbench';
 
 const COLUMN_HEADERS = '.data-explorer-panel .right-column .data-grid-column-headers';
@@ -48,10 +47,10 @@ export interface ColumnProfile {
  */
 export class PositronDataExplorer {
 
-	clearSortingButton: PositronBaseElement;
+	clearSortingButton: Locator;
 
 	constructor(private code: Code, private workbench: Workbench) {
-		this.clearSortingButton = new PositronBaseElement(CLEAR_SORTING_BUTTON, this.code);
+		this.clearSortingButton = this.code.driver.page.locator(CLEAR_SORTING_BUTTON);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/test/automation/src/positron/positronExplorer.ts b/test/automation/src/positron/positronExplorer.ts
index daf78db16c9..67d033413d8 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/positron/positronExplorer.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/positron/positronExplorer.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { expect, Locator } from '@playwright/test';
 import { Code } from '../code';
-// import { QuickAccess } from '../quickaccess';
-import { PositronTextElement } from './positronBaseElement';
 
 const POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_TITLE = 'div[id="workbench.view.explorer"] h3.title';
 const POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_FILES = 'div[id="workbench.view.explorer"] span[class="monaco-highlighted-label"]';
@@ -17,12 +15,10 @@ const POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_FILES = 'div[id="workbench.view.explorer"] span[
  *  Reuseable Positron explorer functionality for tests to leverage.
  */
 export class PositronExplorer {
-	explorerProjectTitle: PositronTextElement;
+	explorerProjectTitle: Locator = this.code.driver.page.locator(POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_TITLE);
 	explorerProjectTitleLocator = this.code.driver.page.locator(POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_TITLE);
 
-	constructor(protected code: Code) {
-		this.explorerProjectTitle = new PositronTextElement(POSITRON_EXPLORER_PROJECT_TITLE, this.code);
-	}
+	constructor(protected code: Code) { }
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructs a string array of the top-level project files/directories in the explorer.
diff --git a/test/automation/src/positron/positronTopActionBar.ts b/test/automation/src/positron/positronTopActionBar.ts
index d97117f04cf..1e478deed6b 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/positron/positronTopActionBar.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/positron/positronTopActionBar.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 
+import { Locator } from '@playwright/test';
 import { Code } from '../code';
-import { PositronBaseElement } from './positronBaseElement';
 
 const POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_BAR = 'div[id="workbench.parts.positron-top-action-bar"]';
 const POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_BUTTON = 'div[id="workbench.parts.positron-top-action-bar"] .action-bar-region-left .action-bar-button[aria-label="Save"]';
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ const POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_ALL_BUTTON = 'div[id="workbench.parts.positron-to
  *  Reuseable Positron top action bar functionality for tests to leverage.
  */
 export class PositronTopActionBar {
-	topActionBar: PositronBaseElement;
-	saveButton: PositronBaseElement;
-	saveAllButton: PositronBaseElement;
+	topActionBar: Locator;
+	saveButton: Locator;
+	saveAllButton: Locator;
 
 	constructor(private code: Code) {
-		this.topActionBar = new PositronBaseElement(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_BAR, this.code);
-		this.saveButton = new PositronBaseElement(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_BUTTON, this.code);
-		this.saveAllButton = new PositronBaseElement(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_ALL_BUTTON, this.code);
+		this.topActionBar = this.code.driver.page.locator(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_BAR);
+		this.saveButton = this.code.driver.page.locator(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_BUTTON);
+		this.saveAllButton = this.code.driver.page.locator(POSITRON_TOP_ACTION_SAVE_ALL_BUTTON);
 	}
 }