diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8f3aba5172..7eefabb2c0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6234,6 +6234,7 @@
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@playwright/test": "1.36.0-next",
+        "playwright-core": "1.36.0-next",
         "vite": "^4.3.9"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -7260,6 +7261,7 @@
       "version": "file:packages/playwright-ct-core",
       "requires": {
         "@playwright/test": "1.36.0-next",
+        "playwright-core": "1.36.0-next",
         "vite": "^4.3.9"
       }
     },
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/DEPS.list b/packages/html-reporter/src/DEPS.list
index 5308eedfc2..c7e0c4943d 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/DEPS.list
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 [*]
 @playwright/experimental-ct-react
 @web/**
+
+[chip.spec.tsx]
+***
+
+[headerView.spec.tsx]
+***
+
+[imageDiffView.spec.tsx]
+***
+
+[testCaseView.spec.tsx]
+***
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crApp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crApp.ts
index bfa8819f2d..3456fe1304 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crApp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crApp.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import { isUnderTest } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
+import { isUnderTest } from '../../utils';
 import type { Page } from '../page';
 import { registryDirectory } from '../registry';
 import type { CRPage } from './crPage';
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/debugControllerDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/debugControllerDispatcher.ts
index 9714d69093..251ed1e3c7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/debugControllerDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/debugControllerDispatcher.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
-import { eventsHelper } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
-import type { RegisteredListener } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/eventsHelper';
+import { eventsHelper } from '../../utils';
+import type { RegisteredListener } from '../../utils/eventsHelper';
 import { DebugController } from '../debugController';
 import type { DispatcherConnection, RootDispatcher } from './dispatcher';
 import { Dispatcher } from './dispatcher';
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/test/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/test/DEPS.list
index 20f9319610..665f63400d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/test/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/test/DEPS.list
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 [*]
-../../../**
-@trace-viewer/**
+***
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/DEPS.list
index 89fcbb8161..16e752745d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/DEPS.list
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 ../../registry/
 ../../../generated/
 ../../../utils/
+../../../utilsBundle.ts
 ../../chromium/crApp.ts
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
index 07c53db2fc..12caf129b5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { installAppIcon, syncLocalStorageWithSettings } from '../../chromium/crA
 import { serverSideCallMetadata } from '../../instrumentation';
 import { createPlaywright } from '../../playwright';
 import { ProgressController } from '../../progress';
-import { open, wsServer } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
+import { open, wsServer } from '../../../utilsBundle';
 import type { Page } from '../../page';
 
 export type Transport = {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/package.json b/packages/playwright-ct-core/package.json
index b407d3f84e..0365fe6b7f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "./lib/vitePlugin": "./lib/vitePlugin.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "playwright-core": "1.36.0-next",
     "vite": "^4.3.9",
     "@playwright/test": "1.36.0-next"
   },
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/DEPS.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
index 091b86c7e6..7f661a1532 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
@@ -19,9 +19,5 @@
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^3.1.0",
     "typescript": "^4.5.4",
     "vite": "^4.2.1"
-  },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-react": "^1.22.0",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react17/package.json b/tests/components/ct-react17/package.json
index 1765fc0a9d..792d0cdd0f 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react17/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react17/package.json
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
     "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
     "typescript": "^4.6.2"
   },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-react17": "^1.2.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
     "build": "react-scripts build",
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-solid/package.json b/tests/components/ct-solid/package.json
index 063342cc61..a298b78099 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-solid/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-solid/package.json
@@ -18,9 +18,5 @@
     "typescript": "^4.7.4",
     "vite": "^4.2.1",
     "vite-plugin-solid": "^2.6.1"
-  },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-solid": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/package.json b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/package.json
index e903343ed8..c11cbf1dc9 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/package.json
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
     "typescript": "^4.5.4",
     "vite": "^4.2.1"
   },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "svelte": "^3.49.0",
     "svelte-navigator": "^3.2.2"
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-svelte/package.json b/tests/components/ct-svelte/package.json
index bdfb38249c..d5e068ac07 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-svelte/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-svelte/package.json
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.0",
     "sirv-cli": "^2.0.0"
   },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "svelte": "^3.0.0",
     "svelte-navigator": "^3.2.2"
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-cli/package.json b/tests/components/ct-vue-cli/package.json
index 2e959d076f..e28d1136ec 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-cli/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-cli/package.json
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
     "eslint": "^7.32.0",
     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3"
   },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-vue": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
-  },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "root": true,
     "env": {
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/package.json b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/package.json
index 2687508698..c7491d0184 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/package.json
@@ -16,9 +16,5 @@
     "@vue/tsconfig": "^0.1.3",
     "vite": "^4.2.1",
     "vue-tsc": "^1.0.0"
-  },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-vue": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/package.json b/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/package.json
index ebc160bc8f..de58a20455 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue2-cli/package.json
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
     "eslint": "^7.32.0",
     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3"
   },
-  "@standaloneDevDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/experimental-ct-vue2": "^1.22.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.2"
-  },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "root": true,
     "env": {
diff --git a/utils/check_deps.js b/utils/check_deps.js
index 3c083b4766..fbcf5554c3 100644
--- a/utils/check_deps.js
+++ b/utils/check_deps.js
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const ts = require('typescript');
 const path = require('path').posix;
-
+const Module = require('module');
+const builtins = new Set(Module.builtinModules);
 const packagesDir = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'packages'));
 
 const packages = new Map();
-for (const package of fs.readdirSync(packagesDir))
-  packages.set(package, packagesDir + '/' + package + '/src/');
+packages.set('web', packagesDir + '/web/src/');
 packages.set('injected', packagesDir + '/playwright-core/src/server/injected/');
 packages.set('isomorphic', packagesDir + '/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/');
 packages.set('testIsomorphic', packagesDir + '/playwright-test/src/isomorphic/');
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ const peerDependencies = ['electron', 'react', 'react-dom', '@zip.js/zip.js'];
 const depsCache = {};
 
 async function checkDeps() {
-  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'protocol'));
-  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'trace'));
-  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'web'));
   await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'html-reporter'));
+  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'playwright-ct-core'));
+  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'protocol'));
   await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'recorder'));
   await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'trace-viewer'));
+  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'trace'));
+  await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'web'));
 
   const corePackageJson = await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'playwright-core'));
   const testPackageJson = await innerCheckDeps(path.join(packagesDir, 'playwright-test'));
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ async function innerCheckDeps(root) {
           importPath = packages.get(package) + tokens.slice(1).join('/');
       }
 
+      const mergedDeps = calculateDeps(fileName);
+      if (mergedDeps.includes('***'))
+        return; 
       if (importPath) {
         if (!fs.existsSync(importPath)) {
           if (fs.existsSync(importPath + '.ts'))
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ async function innerCheckDeps(root) {
             importPath = importPath + '.d.ts';
         }
 
-        if (!allowImport(fileName, importPath))
+        if (!allowImport(fileName, importPath, mergedDeps))
           errors.push(`Disallowed import ${path.relative(root, importPath)} in ${path.relative(root, fileName)}`);
         return;
       }
@@ -158,17 +162,13 @@ async function innerCheckDeps(root) {
     ts.forEachChild(node, x => visit(x, fileName));
   }
 
-  function allowImport(from, to) {
+  function calculateDeps(from) {
     const fromDirectory = path.dirname(from);
-    const toDirectory = isDirectory(to) ? to : path.dirname(to);
-    if (to === toDirectory)
-      to = path.join(to, 'index.ts');
-    if (fromDirectory === toDirectory)
-      return true;
-
     let depsDirectory = fromDirectory;
     while (depsDirectory.startsWith(packagesDir) && !depsCache[depsDirectory] && !fs.existsSync(path.join(depsDirectory, 'DEPS.list')))
       depsDirectory = path.dirname(depsDirectory);
+    if (!depsDirectory.startsWith(packagesDir))
+      return [];
 
     let deps = depsCache[depsDirectory];
     if (!deps) {
@@ -192,7 +192,17 @@ async function innerCheckDeps(root) {
       depsCache[depsDirectory] = deps;
     }
 
-    const mergedDeps = [...(deps['*'] || []), ...(deps[path.relative(depsDirectory, from)] || [])]
+    return [...(deps['*'] || []), ...(deps[path.relative(depsDirectory, from)] || [])]
+  }
+
+  function allowImport(from, to, mergedDeps) {
+    const fromDirectory = path.dirname(from);
+    const toDirectory = isDirectory(to) ? to : path.dirname(to);
+    if (to === toDirectory)
+      to = path.join(to, 'index.ts');
+    if (fromDirectory === toDirectory)
+      return true;
+
     for (const dep of mergedDeps) {
       if (dep === '***')
         return true;
@@ -209,22 +219,16 @@ async function innerCheckDeps(root) {
 
   function allowExternalImport(importName, packageJSON) {
     // Only external imports are relevant. Files in src/web are bundled via webpack.
-    if (importName.startsWith('.') || importName.startsWith('@'))
+    if (importName.startsWith('.') || (importName.startsWith('@') && !importName.startsWith('@playwright/')))
       return true;
     if (peerDependencies.includes(importName))
       return true;
-    try {
-      const resolvedImport = require.resolve(importName);
-      if (!resolvedImport.includes('node_modules'))
-        return true;
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (error.code !== 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND')
-        throw error;
-    }
     if (!packageJSON)
       return false;
     const match = importName.match(/(@[\w-]+\/)?([^/]+)/);
-    const dependency = match[1] ? match[1] + '/' + match[2] : match[2];
+    const dependency = match[1] ? match[1] + match[2] : match[2];
+    if (builtins.has(dependency))
+      return true;
     return !!(packageJSON.dependencies || {})[dependency];
   }
 }