diff --git a/dvc/repo/live.py b/dvc/repo/live.py
index 8d5a79cdb..abd803df3 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/live.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/live.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-import webbrowser
 from pathlib import Path
 from platform import uname
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
@@ -14,7 +13,12 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dvc.output import Output
     from dvc.repo import Repo
 
-webbrowser_open = once_per_args(webbrowser.open)
+
+@once_per_args
+def webbrowser_open(url: str) -> int:
+    import webbrowser
+
+    return webbrowser.open(url)
 
 
 def create_summary(out):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 259903854..c08c370bc 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def custom_template(tmp_dir, dvc):
 scriptify_fixture = pytest.fixture(lambda: scriptify, name="scriptify")
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-def webbrowser_open(session_mocker):
-    session_mocker.patch("dvc.repo.live.webbrowser_open")
-    session_mocker.patch("webbrowser.open")
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mocked_webbrowser_open(mocker):
+    mocker.patch("webbrowser.open")