diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index 89a983f341..3b950cd25e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export function toReporters(reporters: BuiltInReporter | ReporterDescription[] |
   return reporters;
 }
 
-export const builtInReporters = ['list', 'line', 'dot', 'json', 'junit', 'null', 'github', 'html', 'blob', 'markdown', 'lastrun'] as const;
+export const builtInReporters = ['list', 'line', 'dot', 'json', 'junit', 'null', 'github', 'html', 'blob', 'markdown'] as const;
 export type BuiltInReporter = typeof builtInReporters[number];
 
 export type ContextReuseMode = 'none' | 'when-possible';
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/reporters.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/reporters.ts
index d3263480d3..cf0327ac72 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/reporters.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/reporters.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export async function createReporters(config: FullConfigInternal, mode: 'list' |
     null: EmptyReporter,
     html: HtmlReporter,
     markdown: MarkdownReporter,
-    lastrun: LastRunReporter,
   };
   const reporters: ReporterV2[] = [];
   descriptions ??= config.config.reporter;
@@ -78,6 +77,12 @@ export async function createReporters(config: FullConfigInternal, mode: 'list' |
     else if (mode !== 'merge')
       reporters.unshift(!process.env.CI ? new LineReporter({ omitFailures: true }) : new DotReporter());
   }
+
+  if (!isTestServer && (mode === 'test' || mode === 'merge')) {
+    // If we are not in the test server, always add a last-run reporter.
+    reporters.push(new LastRunReporter(runOptions));
+  }
+
   return reporters;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
index a1dde653a1..181aea26cc 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ export class Runner {
     if (modifiedResult && modifiedResult.status)
       status = modifiedResult.status;
 
-    if (!listOnly)
-      await writeLastRunInfo(testRun, status);
-
     await reporter.onExit();
 
     // Calling process.exit() might truncate large stdout/stderr output.
@@ -150,24 +147,6 @@ export type LastRunInfo = {
   testDurations?: { [testId: string]: number };
 };
 
-async function writeLastRunInfo(testRun: TestRun, status: FullResult['status']) {
-  const [project] = filterProjects(testRun.config.projects, testRun.config.cliProjectFilter);
-  if (!project)
-    return;
-  const outputDir = project.project.outputDir;
-  const lastRunReportFile = testRun.config.lastRunFile || path.join(outputDir, '.last-run.json');
-  const lastRunReportFileDir = path.dirname(lastRunReportFile);
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(lastRunReportFileDir, { recursive: true });
-  const failedTests = testRun.rootSuite?.allTests().filter(t => !t.ok()).map(t => t.id);
-  const testDurations = testRun.rootSuite?.allTests().reduce((map, t) => {
-    if (t.results.length)
-      map[t.id] = t.results.reduce((a, b) => a + b.duration, 0);
-    return map;
-  }, {} as { [testId: string]: number });
-  const lastRunReport = JSON.stringify({ status, failedTests, testDurations }, undefined, 2);
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(lastRunReportFile, lastRunReport);
-}
-
 export async function readLastRunInfo(config: FullConfigInternal): Promise<LastRunInfo> {
   const [project] = filterProjects(config.projects, config.cliProjectFilter);
   if (!project)
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-lastrun.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-lastrun.spec.ts
index 4560684468..b75522634f 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-lastrun.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-lastrun.spec.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const testCases = {
 };
 
 test('report lastrun info', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { reporter: 'lastrun' });
+  const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { });
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
   const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test('report lastrun info', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
 test('keep test-ids consistent when re-run', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   let lastRun: LastRunReport;
   {
-    const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { reporter: 'lastrun' });
+    const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const currentRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test('keep test-ids consistent when re-run', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
     lastRun = currentRun;
   }
   {
-    const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { reporter: 'lastrun' });
+    const result = await runInlineTest(testCases, { });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const currentRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ test('keep test-ids consistent when merging reports', async ({ runInlineTest, me
     ...testCases,
     'playwright.config.ts': `module.exports = {
       reporter: [
-        ['lastrun'],
         ['blob', { outputDir: 'blob-report' }],
       ]
     };`,
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ test('keep test-ids consistent when merging reports', async ({ runInlineTest, me
     const reportFiles = await fs.promises.readdir(reportDir);
     reportFiles.sort();
     expect(reportFiles).toEqual(['report-1.zip', 'report-2.zip']);
-    const result = await mergeReports(reportDir, { 'PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OPEN': 'never' }, { additionalArgs: ['--reporter', 'lastrun'] });
+    const result = await mergeReports(reportDir, { 'PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OPEN': 'never' });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ test('keep existing test-ids when test files are modified', async ({ runInlineTe
           expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
         });
       `
-    }, { reporter: 'lastrun' });
+    }, { });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ test('keep existing test-ids when test files are modified', async ({ runInlineTe
           expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
         });
       `
-    }, { reporter: 'lastrun' });
+    }, { });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ test('ensure same tests in different files have distinct test-ids', async ({ run
           expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
         });
       `
-    }, { reporter: 'lastrun' }, {}, { additionalArgs: ['a.test.js'] });
+    }, { }, {}, { additionalArgs: ['a.test.js'] });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ test('ensure same tests in different files have distinct test-ids', async ({ run
           expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
         });
       `
-    }, { reporter: 'lastrun' }, {}, { additionalArgs: ['b.test.js'] });
+    }, { }, {}, { additionalArgs: ['b.test.js'] });
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     const lastRunFilename = test.info().outputPath('.last-run.json');
     const lastRun = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(lastRunFilename, 'utf8')) as LastRunReport;