diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/issue-5650.html b/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/issue-5650.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 951d30179a89..000000000000
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/issue-5650.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-    <head>
-        <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
-        <title>Test input event</title>
-    </head>
-    <body>
-        <input id="test-input"/>
-        <div id="result"></div>
-    </body>
-    <script>
-        let elem = window.document.getElementById('test-input');
-        let resultDiv = window.document.getElementById('result');
-        elem.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-            resultDiv.innerText = `isKeyboardEvent: ${event instanceof KeyboardEvent}`;
-        });
-    </script>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/actions/type_spec.js b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/actions/type_spec.js
index 9bab40637b1b..3ae5a4a3039c 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/actions/type_spec.js
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/actions/type_spec.js
@@ -185,11 +185,18 @@ describe('src/cy/commands/actions/type - #type', () => {
   })
 
   // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5650
-  it('should trigger KeyboardEvent, not Event, for event listeners', () => {
-    cy.visit('fixtures/issue-5650.html')
+  it('should trigger KeyboardEvent, not Event, for event listeners', (done) => {
+    cy.$$('input:first').on('keydown', (e) => {
+      if (e.originalEvent instanceof e.currentTarget.ownerDocument.defaultView.KeyboardEvent) {
+        done()
+
+        return
+      }
+
+      throw new Error('event was not instanceOf KeyboardEvent')
+    })
 
-    cy.get('#test-input').type('A')
-    cy.get('#result').contains('isKeyboardEvent: true')
+    cy.get('input:first').type('A')
   })
 
   describe('actionability', () => {
