diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index b7b958d262..07087f030d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { getPackageJsonPath, mergeObjects } from '../util';
 import type { Matcher } from '../util';
 import type { ConfigCLIOverrides } from './ipc';
 import type { FullConfig, FullProject } from '../../types/testReporter';
-import { LastRunReporter } from '../runner/lastRun';
 
 export type ConfigLocation = {
   resolvedConfigFile?: string;
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
   defineConfigWasUsed = false;
   shardingMode: ShardingMode;
   lastRunFile: string | undefined;
-  readonly lastRunReporter: LastRunReporter;
 
   constructor(location: ConfigLocation, userConfig: Config, configCLIOverrides: ConfigCLIOverrides) {
     if (configCLIOverrides.projects && userConfig.projects)
@@ -135,8 +133,6 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
     resolveProjectDependencies(this.projects);
     this._assignUniqueProjectIds(this.projects);
     this.config.projects = this.projects.map(p => p.project);
-
-    this.lastRunReporter = new LastRunReporter(this);
   }
 
   private _assignUniqueProjectIds(projects: FullProjectInternal[]) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/merge.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/merge.ts
index dad63be820..91e8d0fe0a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/merge.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/merge.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { currentBlobReportVersion, type BlobReportMetadata } from './blob';
 import { relativeFilePath } from '../util';
 import type { TestError } from '../../types/testReporter';
 import type * as blobV1 from './versions/blobV1';
+import { LastRunReporter } from '../runner/lastRun';
 
 type StatusCallback = (message: string) => void;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ type ReportData = {
 
 export async function createMergedReport(config: FullConfigInternal, dir: string, reporterDescriptions: ReporterDescription[], rootDirOverride: string | undefined) {
   const reporters = await createReporters(config, 'merge', false, reporterDescriptions);
-  const multiplexer = new Multiplexer([...reporters, config.lastRunReporter]);
+  const lastRun = new LastRunReporter(config);
+  const multiplexer = new Multiplexer([...reporters, lastRun]);
   const stringPool = new StringInternPool();
 
   let printStatus: StatusCallback = () => {};
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
index 712485f724..22f8204592 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/runner.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { TestRun, createTaskRunner, createTaskRunnerForClearCache, createTaskRun
 import type { FullConfigInternal } from '../common/config';
 import { affectedTestFiles } from '../transform/compilationCache';
 import { InternalReporter } from '../reporters/internalReporter';
+import { LastRunReporter } from './lastRun';
 
 type ProjectConfigWithFiles = {
   name: string;
@@ -74,10 +75,11 @@ export class Runner {
     webServerPluginsForConfig(config).forEach(p => config.plugins.push({ factory: p }));
 
     const reporters = await createReporters(config, listOnly ? 'list' : 'test', false);
+    const lastRun = new LastRunReporter(config);
     if (config.cliLastFailed)
-      await config.lastRunReporter.filterLastFailed();
+      await lastRun.filterLastFailed();
 
-    const reporter = new InternalReporter([...reporters, config.lastRunReporter]);
+    const reporter = new InternalReporter([...reporters, lastRun]);
     const taskRunner = listOnly ? createTaskRunnerForList(
         config,
         reporter,
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/testGroups.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/testGroups.ts
index 4f4abf1580..4673adc659 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/testGroups.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/testGroups.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import type { FullConfigInternal } from '../common/config';
 import type { Suite, TestCase } from '../common/test';
-import type { LastRunInfo } from './lastRun';
+import { LastRunReporter, type LastRunInfo } from './lastRun';
 
 export type TestGroup = {
   workerHash: string;
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ export async function filterForShard(config: FullConfigInternal, testGroups: Tes
   if (mode === 'round-robin')
     return filterForShardRoundRobin(shard, testGroups);
   if (mode === 'duration-round-robin') {
-    const lastRunInfo = await config.lastRunReporter.lastRunInfo();
+    const lastRun = new LastRunReporter(config);
+    const lastRunInfo = await lastRun.lastRunInfo();
     return filterForShardRoundRobin(shard, testGroups, lastRunInfo);
   }
   return filterForShardPartition(shard, testGroups);