diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderApp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderApp.ts
index 9f0fdf50cf..e0e1e5363c 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderApp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderApp.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class RecorderApp extends EventEmitter {
       '--app=data:text/html,',
       '--window-size=600,600',
       '--window-position=1280,10',
+      '--test-type=',
     ];
     if (process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT)
       args.push(`--remote-debugging-port=${process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT}`);
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ export class RecorderApp extends EventEmitter {
       channel: findChromiumChannel(sdkLanguage),
       args,
       noDefaultViewport: true,
+      ignoreDefaultArgs: ['--enable-automation'],
       headless: !!process.env.PWTEST_CLI_HEADLESS || (isUnderTest() && !headed),
       useWebSocket: !!process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT
     });
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
index 9e330e0711..54a5104a29 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ export async function showTraceViewer(traceUrl: string, browserName: string, hea
   const traceViewerBrowser = isUnderTest() ? 'chromium' : browserName;
   const args = traceViewerBrowser === 'chromium' ? [
     '--app=data:text/html,',
-    '--window-size=1280,800'
+    '--window-size=1280,800',
+    '--test-type=',
   ] : [];
   if (isUnderTest())
     args.push(`--remote-debugging-port=0`);
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export async function showTraceViewer(traceUrl: string, browserName: string, hea
     channel: findChromiumChannel(traceViewerPlaywright.options.sdkLanguage),
     args,
     noDefaultViewport: true,
+    ignoreDefaultArgs: ['--enable-automation'],
     headless,
     useWebSocket: isUnderTest()
   });