diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
index 679d862dfc..1e76ec87e1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crPage.ts
@@ -317,11 +317,6 @@ export class CRPage implements PageDelegate {
     return this._sessionForHandle(handle)._getContentQuads(handle);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    await handle.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
-      injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files);
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void> {
     const frame = await handle.ownerFrame();
     if (!frame)
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
index 4aa832d90a..515d18db18 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dom.ts
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
       if (localPaths)
         await this._page._delegate.setInputFilePaths(retargeted, localPaths);
       else
-        await this._page._delegate.setInputFiles(retargeted, files as types.FilePayload[]);
+        await retargeted.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) => injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files as types.FilePayload[]);
     });
     await this._page._doSlowMo();
     return 'done';
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
index 37965b642e..da288077a0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/firefox/ffPage.ts
@@ -527,11 +527,6 @@ export class FFPage implements PageDelegate {
     return result.quads.map(quad => [ quad.p1, quad.p2, quad.p3, quad.p4 ]);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    await handle.evaluateInUtility(([injected, node, files]) =>
-      injected.setInputFiles(node, files), files);
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void> {
     throw new Error('Not implemented');
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index 33d8305abb..73eb20efd0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export interface PageDelegate {
   getContentFrame(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<frames.Frame | null>;  // Only called for frame owner elements.
   getOwnerFrame(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<string | null>; // Returns frameId.
   getContentQuads(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<types.Quad[] | null>;
-  setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void>;
   setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void>;
   getBoundingBox(handle: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<types.Rect | null>;
   getFrameElement(frame: frames.Frame): Promise<dom.ElementHandle>;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
index 500d72da6c..b711d07d0b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/webkit/wkPage.ts
@@ -926,16 +926,6 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
     ]);
   }
 
-  async setInputFiles(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: types.FilePayload[]): Promise<void> {
-    const objectId = handle._objectId;
-    const protocolFiles = files.map(file => ({
-      name: file.name,
-      type: file.mimeType,
-      data: file.buffer,
-    }));
-    await this._session.send('DOM.setInputFiles', { objectId, files: protocolFiles });
-  }
-
   async setInputFilePaths(handle: dom.ElementHandle<HTMLInputElement>, files: string[]): Promise<void> {
     throw new Error('Not implemented');
   }