diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 0619aea8e2..9b14551fb8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ scheme.PlaywrightNewRequestParams = tObject({
   userAgent: tOptional(tString),
   ignoreHTTPSErrors: tOptional(tBoolean),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
-  apiRequest: tOptional(tObject({
-    failOnStatusCode: tBoolean
-  })),
   clientCertificates: tOptional(tArray(tObject({
     origin: tString,
     cert: tOptional(tBinary),
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
index e30ef2b040..d35137fbe2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
@@ -17482,11 +17482,6 @@ export interface APIRequest {
      */
     extraHTTPHeaders?: { [key: string]: string; };
 
-    /** 
-     * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx.
-     */
-    apiRequest?: {failOnStatusCode?: boolean;}
-
     /**
      * Credentials for [HTTP authentication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication). If no
      * origin is specified, the username and password are sent to any servers upon unauthorized responses.
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts b/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
index f9dcb4471d..6f9e36f0c3 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts
@@ -619,9 +619,6 @@ export type PlaywrightNewRequestOptions = {
   userAgent?: string,
   ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean,
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
-  apiRequest?: {
-    failOnStatusCode: boolean
-  },
   clientCertificates?: {
     origin: string,
     cert?: Binary,