diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index 759e23f1c3..cf126efa29 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
       rootDir: pathResolve(configDir, userConfig.testDir) || configDir,
       forbidOnly: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.forbidOnly, userConfig.forbidOnly, false),
       fullyParallel: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.fullyParallel, userConfig.fullyParallel, false),
-      globalSetup: takeFirst(...this.globalSetups, null),
-      globalTeardown: takeFirst(...this.globalTeardowns, null),
+      globalSetup: this.globalSetups[0] ?? null,
+      globalTeardown: this.globalTeardowns[0] ?? null,
       globalTimeout: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.globalTimeout, userConfig.globalTimeout, 0),
       grep: takeFirst(userConfig.grep, defaultGrep),
       grepInvert: takeFirst(userConfig.grepInvert, null),