diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browser.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browser.ts
index 0c5599e660..077f8c1902 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/browser.ts
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ export class Browser extends ChannelOwner<channels.BrowserChannel> implements ap
 
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      for (const context of this.contexts())
-        await this._browserType?._onWillCloseContext?.(context);
       if (this._shouldCloseConnectionOnClose)
         this._connection.close(kBrowserClosedError);
       else
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.trace.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.trace.spec.ts
index 27a713a63d..adcc69deb3 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.trace.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.trace.spec.ts
@@ -241,27 +241,6 @@ test('should not override trace file in afterAll', async ({ runInlineTest, serve
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-test-1', 'trace-1.zip'))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
-test('should record trace on manual browser closure', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.spec.ts': `
-      const { test } = pwt;
-
-      test.use({ trace: 'on' });
-
-      test.afterAll(async ({ browser }) => {
-        await browser.close();
-      });
-
-      test('test 1', async ({ page }) => {
-        await page.goto('about:blank');
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('test-results', 'a-test-1', 'trace.zip'))).toBeTruthy();
-});
 
 async function parseTrace(file: string): Promise<Map<string, Buffer>> {
   const zipFS = new ZipFileSystem(file);