diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index fe411577fc..0c1a67c614 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
   readonly globalOutputDir: string;
   readonly configDir: string;
   readonly configCLIOverrides: ConfigCLIOverrides;
-  readonly storeDir: string;
   readonly ignoreSnapshots: boolean;
   readonly webServers: Exclude<FullConfig['webServer'], null>[];
   readonly plugins: TestRunnerPluginRegistration[];
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
 
     this.configDir = configDir;
     this.configCLIOverrides = configCLIOverrides;
-    this.storeDir = path.resolve(configDir, (config as any)._storeDir || 'playwright');
     this.globalOutputDir = takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.outputDir, pathResolve(configDir, config.outputDir), throwawayArtifactsPath, path.resolve(process.cwd()));
     this.ignoreSnapshots = takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.ignoreSnapshots, config.ignoreSnapshots, false);
     this.plugins = ((config as any)._plugins || []).map((p: any) => ({ factory: p }));
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
index 156dc1c1c2..28c6cb48f9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import type { ContextReuseMode } from './common/config';
 import type { ClientInstrumentation, ClientInstrumentationListener } from '../../playwright-core/src/client/clientInstrumentation';
 import { currentTestInfo } from './common/globals';
 export { expect } from './matchers/expect';
-export { store as _store } from './store';
 export const _baseTest: TestType<{}, {}> = rootTestType.test;
 
 addInternalStackPrefix(path.dirname(require.resolve('../package.json')));
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/store.ts b/packages/playwright/src/store.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ceb5bd85c7..0000000000
--- a/packages/playwright/src/store.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * 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 fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { currentConfig } from './common/globals';
-import { mime } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
-import { isJsonMimeType, isString, isTextualMimeType } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
-
-class JsonStore {
-  async delete(name: string) {
-    const file = this.path(name);
-    await fs.promises.rm(file, { force: true });
-  }
-
-  async get<T>(name: string) {
-    const file = this.path(name);
-    try {
-      const type = contentType(name);
-      if (type === 'binary')
-        return await fs.promises.readFile(file) as T;
-      const text = await fs.promises.readFile(file, 'utf-8');
-      if (type === 'json')
-        return JSON.parse(text) as T;
-      return text as T;
-    } catch (e) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  }
-
-  path(name: string): string {
-    return path.join(this.root(), name);
-  }
-
-  root(): string {
-    const config = currentConfig();
-    if (!config)
-      throw new Error('Cannot access store before config is loaded');
-    return config.storeDir;
-  }
-
-  async set<T>(name: string, value: T | undefined) {
-    const file = this.path(name);
-    if (value === undefined) {
-      await fs.promises.rm(file, { force: true });
-      return;
-    }
-    let data: string | Buffer = '';
-    switch (contentType(name)) {
-      case 'json': {
-        if (Buffer.isBuffer(value))
-          throw new Error('JSON value must be an Object');
-        data = JSON.stringify(value, undefined, 2);
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'text': {
-        if (!isString(value))
-          throw new Error('Textual value must be a string');
-        data = value as string;
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'binary': {
-        if (!Buffer.isBuffer(value))
-          throw new Error('Binary value must be a Buffer');
-        data = value;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
-    await fs.promises.writeFile(file, data);
-  }
-}
-
-function contentType(name: string): 'json'|'text'|'binary' {
-  const mimeType = mime.getType(path.basename(name)) ?? 'application/octet-string';
-  if (isJsonMimeType(mimeType))
-    return 'json';
-  if (isTextualMimeType(mimeType))
-    return 'text';
-  return 'binary';
-}
-
-export const store = new JsonStore();
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
index 3fa9da5533..1c0212bf79 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.spec.ts
@@ -745,25 +745,6 @@ test('should skip on mobile', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
 });
 
-test('fulfill with return path of the entry', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const storeDir = path.join(test.info().outputPath(), 'playwright');
-  const file = path.join(storeDir, 'foo/body.json');
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(file, JSON.stringify({ 'a': 2023 }));
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should read value from path', async ({ page }) => {
-        await page.route('**/*', route => route.fulfill({ path: _store.path('foo/body.json')}))
-        await page.goto('http://example.com');
-        expect(await page.textContent('body')).toBe(JSON.stringify({ 'a': 2023 }))
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
-
 test('should use actionTimeout for APIRequestContext', async ({ runInlineTest, server }) => {
   server.setRoute('/stall', (req, res) => {});
   const result = await runInlineTest({
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/store.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/store.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf25638fa..0000000000
--- a/tests/playwright-test/store.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,337 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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 fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { expect, test } from './playwright-test-fixtures';
-
-test('should provide _store fixture', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = {};
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should _store number', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(_store).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('number.json', 2022)
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(2022);
-      });
-      test('should _store object', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(_store).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('object.json', { 'a': 2022 })
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2022 });
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-});
-
-test('should share _store state between project setup and tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = {
-        projects: [
-          {
-            name: 'p1',
-            testMatch: /.*_store.setup.ts/
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'p2',
-            dependencies: ['p1'],
-            testMatch: /.*.test.ts/
-          }
-        ]
-      };
-    `,
-    '_store.setup.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should initialize _store', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('number.json', 2022)
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(2022);
-
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('object.json', { 'a': 2022 })
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2022 });
-      });
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should get data from setup', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(2022);
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2022 });
-      });
-    `,
-    'b.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should get data from setup', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(2022);
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2022 });
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-});
-
-test('should persist _store state between project runs', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const files = {
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = { };
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should have no data on first run', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('number.json', 2022)
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toBe(undefined);
-        await _store.set('object.json', { 'a': 2022 })
-      });
-    `,
-    'b.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should get data from previous run', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('number.json')).toBe(2022);
-        expect(await _store.get('object.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2022 });
-      });
-    `,
-  };
-  {
-    const result = await runInlineTest(files, { grep: 'should have no data on first run' });
-    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  }
-  {
-    const result = await runInlineTest(files, { grep: 'should get data from previous run' });
-    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-  }
-});
-
-test('should load context storageState from _store', async ({ runInlineTest, server }) => {
-  server.setRoute('/setcookie.html', (req, res) => {
-    res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', ['a=v1']);
-    res.end();
-  });
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = {
-        projects: [
-          {
-            name: 'setup',
-            testMatch: /.*_store.setup.ts/
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'p2',
-            dependencies: ['setup'],
-            testMatch: /.*.test.ts/
-          }
-        ]
-      };
-    `,
-    '_store.setup.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should save storageState', async ({ page, context }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('user')).toBe(undefined);
-        await page.goto('${server.PREFIX}/setcookie.html');
-        const state = await page.context().storageState();
-        await _store.set('user.json', state);
-      });
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test.use({
-        storageState: async ({}, use) => use(_store.get('user.json'))
-      })
-      test('should get data from setup', async ({ page }) => {
-        await page.goto('${server.EMPTY_PAGE}');
-        const cookies = await page.evaluate(() => document.cookie);
-        expect(cookies).toBe('a=v1');
-      });
-    `,
-    'b.test.ts': `
-      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should not get data from setup if not configured', async ({ page }) => {
-        await page.goto('${server.EMPTY_PAGE}');
-        const cookies = await page.evaluate(() => document.cookie);
-        expect(cookies).toBe('');
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-});
-
-test('should load value from filesystem', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const _storeDir = test.info().outputPath('playwright');
-  const file = path.join(_storeDir, 'foo/bar.json');
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(file, JSON.stringify({ 'a': 2023 }));
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = {};
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should _store number', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('foo/bar.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
-
-test('should return root path', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const _storeDir = test.info().outputPath('playwright');
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.js': `
-      module.exports = {};
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should _store number', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(_store.root()).toBe('${_storeDir.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}');
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
-
-test('should work in global setup and teardown', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.ts': `
-      import * as path from 'path';
-      module.exports = {
-        globalSetup: 'globalSetup.ts',
-        globalTeardown: 'globalTeardown.ts',
-      };
-    `,
-    'globalSetup.ts': `
-      import { _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      module.exports = async () => {
-        expect(_store).toBeTruthy();
-        await _store.set('foo/bar.json', {'a': 2023});
-      };
-    `,
-    'globalTeardown.ts': `
-      import { _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      module.exports = async () => {
-        const val = await _store.get('foo/bar.json');
-        console.log('teardown=' + val);
-      };
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should read value from global setup', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('foo/bar.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-        await _store.set('foo/bar.json', 'from test');
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
-
-test('_store root can be changed with TestConfig._storeDir', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'playwright.config.ts': `
-      import * as path from 'path';
-      module.exports = {
-        _storeDir: 'my/_store/dir',
-      };
-    `,
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should _store value', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('foo/bar.json', {'a': 2023});
-      });
-      test('should read value', async ({ }) => {
-        expect(await _store.get('foo/bar.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(2);
-  const file = path.join(test.info().outputPath(), 'my/_store/dir/foo/bar.json');
-  expect(JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(file, 'utf-8'))).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-});
-
-test('should delete value', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('should _store value', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('foo/bar.json', {'a': 2023});
-        expect(await _store.get('foo/bar.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-        await _store.delete('foo/bar.json');
-        expect(await _store.get('foo/bar.json')).toBe(undefined);
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
-});
-
-test('should support text, json and binary values', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('json', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('key.json', {'a': 2023});
-        expect(await _store.get('key.json')).toEqual({ 'a': 2023 });
-      });
-      test('text', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('key.txt', 'Hello');
-        expect(await _store.get('key.txt')).toEqual('Hello');
-      });
-      test('binary', async ({ }) => {
-        const buf = Buffer.alloc(256);
-        for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++)
-          buf[i] = i;
-        await _store.set('key.png', buf);
-        expect(await _store.get('key.png')).toEqual(buf);
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-  expect(result.passed).toBe(3);
-});
-
-test('should throw on unsupported value type for given key extension', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'a.test.ts': `
-      import { test, _store, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      test('json', async ({ }) => {
-        const buf = Buffer.alloc(5);
-        await _store.set('key.json', buf);
-      });
-      test('text', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('key.txt', {});
-      });
-      test('binary', async ({ }) => {
-        await _store.set('key.png', {});
-      });
-    `,
-  }, { workers: 1 });
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
-  expect(result.failed).toBe(3);
-});