diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-browsercontext.md b/docs/src/api/class-browsercontext.md
index aa58a05c6d..681823e8a5 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-browsercontext.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-browsercontext.md
@@ -1024,9 +1024,9 @@ await browserContext.removeCookies({ path: '/api/v1' });
 await browserContext.removeCookies({ name: 'session-id', domain: 'my-origin.com' });
 ```
 
-### param: BrowserContext.removeCookies.cookies
+### param: BrowserContext.removeCookies.criteria
 * since: v1.43
-- `cookies` <[Object]>
+- `criteria` <[Object]>
   - `name` ?<[string]>
   - `domain` ?<[string]>
   - `path` ?<[string]>
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
index 47fbc0317e..9d48a65c59 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browserContext.ts
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ export class BrowserContext extends ChannelOwner<channels.BrowserContextChannel>
     await this._channel.clearCookies();
   }
 
-  async removeCookies(cookies: network.RemoveNetworkCookieParam): Promise<void> {
-    await this._channel.removeCookies({ cookies });
+  async removeCookies(criteria: network.RemoveNetworkCookieParam): Promise<void> {
+    await this._channel.removeCookies({ criteria });
   }
 
   async grantPermissions(permissions: string[], options?: { origin?: string }): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 32019c67c1..06c4160e12 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ scheme.BrowserContextAddInitScriptResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
 scheme.BrowserContextClearCookiesParams = tOptional(tObject({}));
 scheme.BrowserContextClearCookiesResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
 scheme.BrowserContextRemoveCookiesParams = tObject({
-  cookies: tObject({
+  criteria: tObject({
     name: tOptional(tString),
     domain: tOptional(tString),
     path: tOptional(tString),
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
index 1217049a77..33a1109d50 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -276,20 +276,20 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
     return await this.doGetCookies(urls as string[]);
   }
 
-  async removeCookies(cookies: {name?: string, domain?: string, path?: string}): Promise<void> {
-    const setCookies = await this.cookies();
-
-    if (!cookies.name && !cookies.domain && !cookies.path)
+  async removeCookies(criteria: {name?: string, domain?: string, path?: string}): Promise<void> {
+    if (!criteria.name && !criteria.domain && !criteria.path)
       return;
 
-    const filteredCookies = setCookies.filter(cookie => {
-      return !((!cookies.name || cookies.name === cookie.name) &&
-        (!cookies.domain || cookies.domain === cookie.domain) &&
-        (!cookies.path || cookies.path === cookie.path));
+    const currentCookies = await this.cookies();
+
+    const cookiesToKeep = currentCookies.filter(cookie => {
+      return !((!criteria.name || criteria.name === cookie.name) &&
+        (!criteria.domain || criteria.domain === cookie.domain) &&
+        (!criteria.path || criteria.path === cookie.path));
     });
 
     await this.clearCookies();
-    await this.addCookies(filteredCookies);
+    await this.addCookies(cookiesToKeep);
   }
 
   setHTTPCredentials(httpCredentials?: types.Credentials): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
index 34edf24cfb..fc8b35825b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channel
   }
 
   async removeCookies(params: channels.BrowserContextRemoveCookiesParams): Promise<void> {
-    await this._context.removeCookies(params.cookies);
+    await this._context.removeCookies(params.criteria);
   }
 
   async grantPermissions(params: channels.BrowserContextGrantPermissionsParams): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
index b04f16e603..5fa04dd43e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
@@ -8450,9 +8450,9 @@ export interface BrowserContext {
    * await browserContext.removeCookies({ name: 'session-id', domain: 'my-origin.com' });
    * ```
    *
-   * @param cookies
+   * @param criteria
    */
-  removeCookies(cookies: {
+  removeCookies(criteria: {
     name?: string;
 
     domain?: string;
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
index d7e5bbd1b0..4f214df7f9 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ export type BrowserContextClearCookiesParams = {};
 export type BrowserContextClearCookiesOptions = {};
 export type BrowserContextClearCookiesResult = void;
 export type BrowserContextRemoveCookiesParams = {
-  cookies: {
+  criteria: {
     name?: string,
     domain?: string,
     path?: string,
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
index b22c1269dd..0b3b387fe6 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ BrowserContext:
 
     removeCookies:
       parameters:
-        cookies:
+        criteria:
           type: object
           properties:
             name: string?