diff --git a/bin/benchmark/run.mjs b/bin/benchmark/run.mjs
index a31d121e975..04c7c8b929d 100644
--- a/bin/benchmark/run.mjs
+++ b/bin/benchmark/run.mjs
@@ -171,24 +171,6 @@ async function bootAndRun({ headless = true } = {}) {
     '--debug',
     '--browserArgs',
     [
-      '--no-sandbox',
-      '--crash-dumps-dir=./tmp',
-      // Disable task throttling (also in TracerBench defaults, but explicit here for clarity)
-      '--disable-background-timer-throttling',
-      '--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows',
-      '--disable-renderer-backgrounding',
-      // Disable caching and unnecessary subsystems
-      '--disable-dev-shm-usage',
-      '--disable-cache',
-      '--disable-v8-idle-tasks',
-      '--disable-breakpad',
-      '--disable-component-update',
-      '--disable-background-networking',
-      '--disable-notifications',
-      '--disable-hang-monitor',
-      '--safebrowsing-disable-auto-update',
-      '--ignore-certificate-errors',
-      '--v8-cache-options=none',
       // Use the new headless mode to support multiple targets
       ...(headless ? ['--headless=new'] : []),
       // GPU: use software rendering via SwiftShader, but do NOT
@@ -196,11 +178,6 @@ async function bootAndRun({ headless = true } = {}) {
       // as the contradictory flags cause use-after-free crashes on macOS
       '--disable-gpu',
       '--disable-gpu-compositing',
-      // Disable Chrome ML/TFLite features (suppresses XNNPACK/TFLite init)
-      '--disable-features=TranslateUI',
-      '--disable-features=UseChromiumML',
-      '--disable-features=UseTfLite',
-      '--disable-features=TensorFlowLite',
     ].join(','),
   ];
 
diff --git a/patches/@tracerbench__core@8.0.1.patch b/patches/@tracerbench__core@8.0.1.patch
index fa9b0967701..1a551f68662 100644
--- a/patches/@tracerbench__core@8.0.1.patch
+++ b/patches/@tracerbench__core@8.0.1.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,60 @@
 diff --git a/dist/create-trace-benchmark.js b/dist/create-trace-benchmark.js
-index 5918e8f7665b3e796ef88283fc40c2b3286a564f..e1a8768964de8b3c16d38bfb6280d836b45aba0b 100644
+index 5918e8f7665b3e796ef88283fc40c2b3286a564f..b9927ba8f639c0a9ecc70144362da439468f1b3a 100644
 --- a/dist/create-trace-benchmark.js
 +++ b/dist/create-trace-benchmark.js
-@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ function createTraceBenchmark(group, sampleTrace, options = {}) {
+@@ -45,35 +45,27 @@ function createTraceBenchmark(group, sampleTrace, options = {}) {
  }
  exports.default = createTraceBenchmark;
  function getCategories(isTrial, options) {
 -    const categories = ['-*', ...defaultCategories];
-+    const categories = [...defaultCategories];
-     if (isTrial) {
+-    if (isTrial) {
 -        categories.push(...captureAllDevtoolsTimelineCategories, ...captureCpuProfileCategories, captureCpuProfilesHiresCategory, captureFilmStripCategory, ...capturePaintProfileCategories);
-         if (options.additionalTrialCategories) {
-             categories.push(...options.additionalTrialCategories);
-         }
+-        if (options.additionalTrialCategories) {
+-            categories.push(...options.additionalTrialCategories);
+-        }
++    const categories = [...defaultCategories];
++    // include the basic disabled by default devtools categories
++    if (options.captureDevtoolsTimeline) {
++        categories.push(...captureDevtoolsTimelineCategories);
+     }
+-    else {
+-        // include the basic disabled by default devtools categories
+-        if (options.captureDevtoolsTimeline) {
+-            categories.push(...captureDevtoolsTimelineCategories);
+-        }
+-        if (options.captureV8RuntimeStats) {
+-            // this breaks devtools display of CPU profile in dev tools
+-            categories.push(...captureV8RuntimeStatsCategories);
+-        }
+-        if (options.captureCpuProfile) {
+-            // includes runtime samples
+-            categories.push(...captureCpuProfileCategories);
+-        }
+-        if (options.captureFilmStrip) {
+-            categories.push(captureFilmStripCategory);
+-        }
+-        if (options.capturePaintProfile) {
+-            categories.push(...capturePaintProfileCategories);
+-        }
+-        if (options.additionalCategories) {
+-            categories.push(...options.additionalCategories);
+-        }
++    if (options.captureV8RuntimeStats) {
++        // this breaks devtools display of CPU profile in dev tools
++        categories.push(...captureV8RuntimeStatsCategories);
++    }
++    if (options.captureCpuProfile) {
++        // includes runtime samples
++        categories.push(...captureCpuProfileCategories);
++    }
++    if (options.captureFilmStrip) {
++        categories.push(captureFilmStripCategory);
++    }
++    if (options.capturePaintProfile) {
++        categories.push(...capturePaintProfileCategories);
++    }
++    if (options.additionalCategories) {
++        categories.push(...options.additionalCategories);
+     }
+     return categories;
+ }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7fb39f138db..1d3f416ec4e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ overrides:
 
 patchedDependencies:
   '@tracerbench/core@8.0.1':
-    hash: 94ed69d4e124c0c94f1c1e3332668ae5d3265509b12cc97dd634feee8ed7e846
+    hash: ee5cfa4adb0f65df07ef51d9be56c31150b4330d7ac7e1fbbb0a87329938af0a
     path: patches/@tracerbench__core@8.0.1.patch
 
 importers:
@@ -16596,7 +16596,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       defer-to-connect: 1.1.3
 
-  '@tracerbench/core@8.0.1(patch_hash=94ed69d4e124c0c94f1c1e3332668ae5d3265509b12cc97dd634feee8ed7e846)':
+  '@tracerbench/core@8.0.1(patch_hash=ee5cfa4adb0f65df07ef51d9be56c31150b4330d7ac7e1fbbb0a87329938af0a)':
     dependencies:
       '@tracerbench/har': 8.0.0
       '@tracerbench/trace-event': 8.0.0
@@ -24898,7 +24898,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@oclif/parser': 3.8.17
       '@oclif/plugin-help': 5.2.20(@swc/core@1.15.18)(@types/node@22.19.15)(typescript@5.9.3)
       '@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available': 2.1.1(@swc/core@1.15.18)(@types/node@22.19.15)(typescript@5.9.3)
-      '@tracerbench/core': 8.0.1(patch_hash=94ed69d4e124c0c94f1c1e3332668ae5d3265509b12cc97dd634feee8ed7e846)
+      '@tracerbench/core': 8.0.1(patch_hash=ee5cfa4adb0f65df07ef51d9be56c31150b4330d7ac7e1fbbb0a87329938af0a)
       '@tracerbench/stats': 8.0.1
       '@tracerbench/trace-event': 8.0.0
       archiver: 5.3.2