diff --git a/src/inProcessFactory.ts b/src/inProcessFactory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5a50c1759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inProcessFactory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { DispatcherConnection, Root } from './dispatchers/dispatcher';
+import { createPlaywright } from './server/playwright';
+import type { Playwright as PlaywrightAPI } from './client/playwright';
+import { PlaywrightDispatcher } from './dispatchers/playwrightDispatcher';
+import { Connection } from './client/connection';
+import { BrowserServerLauncherImpl } from './browserServerImpl';
+
+export function createInProcessPlaywright(): PlaywrightAPI {
+  const playwright = createPlaywright('javascript');
+
+  const clientConnection = new Connection();
+  const dispatcherConnection = new DispatcherConnection();
+
+  // Dispatch synchronously at first.
+  dispatcherConnection.onmessage = message => clientConnection.dispatch(message);
+  clientConnection.onmessage = message => dispatcherConnection.dispatch(message);
+
+  const rootScope = new Root(dispatcherConnection);
+
+  // Initialize Playwright channel.
+  new PlaywrightDispatcher(rootScope, playwright);
+  const playwrightAPI = clientConnection.getObjectWithKnownName('Playwright') as PlaywrightAPI;
+  playwrightAPI.chromium._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('chromium');
+  playwrightAPI.firefox._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('firefox');
+  playwrightAPI.webkit._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('webkit');
+
+  // Switch to async dispatch after we got Playwright object.
+  dispatcherConnection.onmessage = message => setImmediate(() => clientConnection.dispatch(message));
+  clientConnection.onmessage = message => setImmediate(() => dispatcherConnection.dispatch(message));
+
+  (playwrightAPI as any)._toImpl = (x: any) => dispatcherConnection._dispatchers.get(x._guid)!._object;
+  return playwrightAPI;
+}
diff --git a/src/inprocess.ts b/src/inprocess.ts
index ea1f6c7593..90b1bf499d 100644
--- a/src/inprocess.ts
+++ b/src/inprocess.ts
@@ -14,38 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { DispatcherConnection, Root } from './dispatchers/dispatcher';
-import { createPlaywright } from './server/playwright';
-import type { Playwright as PlaywrightAPI } from './client/playwright';
-import { PlaywrightDispatcher } from './dispatchers/playwrightDispatcher';
-import { Connection } from './client/connection';
-import { BrowserServerLauncherImpl } from './browserServerImpl';
+import { createInProcessPlaywright } from './inProcessFactory';
 
-function setupInProcess(): PlaywrightAPI {
-  const playwright = createPlaywright('javascript');
-
-  const clientConnection = new Connection();
-  const dispatcherConnection = new DispatcherConnection();
-
-  // Dispatch synchronously at first.
-  dispatcherConnection.onmessage = message => clientConnection.dispatch(message);
-  clientConnection.onmessage = message => dispatcherConnection.dispatch(message);
-
-  const rootScope = new Root(dispatcherConnection);
-
-  // Initialize Playwright channel.
-  new PlaywrightDispatcher(rootScope, playwright);
-  const playwrightAPI = clientConnection.getObjectWithKnownName('Playwright') as PlaywrightAPI;
-  playwrightAPI.chromium._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('chromium');
-  playwrightAPI.firefox._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('firefox');
-  playwrightAPI.webkit._serverLauncher = new BrowserServerLauncherImpl('webkit');
-
-  // Switch to async dispatch after we got Playwright object.
-  dispatcherConnection.onmessage = message => setImmediate(() => clientConnection.dispatch(message));
-  clientConnection.onmessage = message => setImmediate(() => dispatcherConnection.dispatch(message));
-
-  (playwrightAPI as any)._toImpl = (x: any) => dispatcherConnection._dispatchers.get(x._guid)!._object;
-  return playwrightAPI;
-}
-
-module.exports = setupInProcess();
+module.exports = createInProcessPlaywright();
diff --git a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
index 436906bb25..fdf1498c59 100644
--- a/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
+++ b/tests/inspector/inspectorTest.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { contextTest } from '../config/browserTest';
 import type { Page } from '../../index';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type { Source } from '../../src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderTypes';
-import { chromium } from '../../index';
 import { CommonFixtures, TestChildProcess } from '../config/commonFixtures';
 export { expect } from '../config/test-runner';
 
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@ type CLITestArgs = {
   runCLI: (args: string[]) => CLIMock;
 };
 
+const playwrightToAutomateInspector = require('../../lib/inProcessFactory').createInProcessPlaywright();
+
 export const test = contextTest.extend<CLITestArgs>({
   recorderPageGetter: async ({ context, toImpl, mode }, run, testInfo) => {
     process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT = String(10907 + testInfo.workerIndex);
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export const test = contextTest.extend<CLITestArgs>({
       while (!toImpl(context).recorderAppForTest)
         await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 100));
       const wsEndpoint = toImpl(context).recorderAppForTest.wsEndpoint;
-      const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP({ wsEndpoint });
+      const browser = await playwrightToAutomateInspector.chromium.connectOverCDP({ wsEndpoint });
       const c = browser.contexts()[0];
       return c.pages()[0] || await c.waitForEvent('page');
     });
diff --git a/utils/check_deps.js b/utils/check_deps.js
index 6359ea3308..d271296252 100644
--- a/utils/check_deps.js
+++ b/utils/check_deps.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ DEPS['src/server/electron/'] = [...DEPS['src/server/'], 'src/server/chromium/'];
 
 DEPS['src/server/playwright.ts'] = [...DEPS['src/server/'], 'src/server/chromium/', 'src/server/webkit/', 'src/server/firefox/', 'src/server/android/', 'src/server/electron/'];
 DEPS['src/server/browserContext.ts'] = [...DEPS['src/server/'], 'src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts'];
-DEPS['src/cli/driver.ts'] = DEPS['src/inprocess.ts'] = DEPS['src/browserServerImpl.ts'] = ['src/**'];
+DEPS['src/cli/driver.ts'] = DEPS['src/inProcessFactory.ts'] = DEPS['src/browserServerImpl.ts'] = ['src/**'];
 
 // Tracing is a client/server plugin, nothing should depend on it.
 DEPS['src/web/recorder/'] = ['src/common/', 'src/web/', 'src/web/components/', 'src/server/supplements/recorder/recorderTypes.ts'];