diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/bidi/bidiPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/bidi/bidiPage.ts
index 153bb830de..db708f7ba3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/bidi/bidiPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/bidi/bidiPage.ts
@@ -519,11 +519,6 @@ export class BidiPage implements PageDelegate {
     return quads as types.Quad[];
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    await handle.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
-      injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files);
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, paths: string[]): Promise<void> {
     const fromContext = toBidiExecutionContext(handle._context);
     await this._session.send('input.setFiles', {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
index caa95a80c9..781f24e932 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ export class CRPage implements PageDelegate {
     return this._sessionForHandle(handle)._getContentQuads(handle);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    await handle.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
-      injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files);
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void> {
     const frame = await handle.ownerFrame();
     if (!frame)
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
index 53462df627..f694336f59 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
       await this._page._delegate.setInputFilePaths(retargeted, localPathsOrDirectory);
       await waitForInputEvent;
     } else {
-      await this._page._delegate.setInputFiles(retargeted, filePayloads!);
+      await retargeted.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
+        injected.setInputFiles(node, files), filePayloads!);
     }
     return 'done';
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
index 22229dff3e..75cfffd24e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
@@ -519,11 +519,6 @@ export class FFPage implements PageDelegate {
     return result.quads.map(quad => [quad.p1, quad.p2, quad.p3, quad.p4]);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    await handle.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
-      injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files);
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void> {
     await this._session.send('Page.setFileInputFiles', {
       frameId: handle._context.frame._id,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index e15e251607..f78222c67d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ export interface PageDelegate {
   getContentFrame(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<frames.Frame | null>;  // Only called for frame owner elements.
   getOwnerFrame(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<string | null>; // Returns frameId.
   getContentQuads(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<types.Quad[] | null | 'error:notconnected'>;
-  setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void>;
   setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void>;
   getBoundingBox(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<types.Rect | null>;
   getFrameElement(frame: frames.Frame): Promise<dom.ElementHandle>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
index c6d0afc9d1..5846b800d8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
@@ -946,16 +946,6 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
     ]);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    const objectId = handle._objectId;
-    const protocolFiles = files.map(file => ({
-      name: file.name,
-      type: file.mimeType,
-      data: file.buffer,
-    }));
-    await this._session.send('DOM.setInputFiles', { objectId, files: protocolFiles });
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, paths: string[]): Promise<void> {
     const pageProxyId = this._pageProxySession.sessionId;
     const objectId = handle._objectId;