diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/worker/testTracing.ts b/packages/playwright/src/worker/testTracing.ts
index d017040f7f..c03e89f1a6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/worker/testTracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/worker/testTracing.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class TestTracing {
       this._options = { ...defaultTraceOptions, ...value, mode: (mode as string) === 'retry-with-trace' ? 'on-first-retry' : mode };
     }
 
-    if (this._shouldCaptureTrace() === false) {
+    if (!this._shouldCaptureTrace()) {
       this._options = undefined;
       return;
     }