diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/elementHandle.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/elementHandle.ts
index b1ef721ce3..5c0988f438 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/elementHandle.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/elementHandle.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { pipeline } from 'stream';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
 import { Frame } from './frame';
 import { JSHandle, parseResult, serializeArgument } from './jsHandle';
 import { assert } from '../utils/isomorphic/debug';
@@ -34,8 +31,6 @@ import type * as api from '../../types/types';
 import type { Platform } from '../common/platform';
 import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
 
-const pipelineAsync = promisify(pipeline);
-
 export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends JSHandle<T> implements api.ElementHandle {
   readonly _elementChannel: channels.ElementHandleChannel;
 
@@ -306,7 +301,7 @@ export async function convertInputFiles(platform: Platform, files: string | File
       }), true);
       for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
         const writable = WritableStream.from(writableStreams[i]);
-        await pipelineAsync(platform.fs().createReadStream(files[i]), writable.stream());
+        await platform.streamFile(files[i], writable.stream());
       }
       return {
         directoryStream: rootDir,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/stream.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/stream.ts
index 4f43b9afad..97c1e4b634 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/stream.ts
@@ -30,29 +30,6 @@ export class Stream extends ChannelOwner<channels.StreamChannel> {
   }
 
   stream(): Readable {
-    return new StreamImpl(this._channel);
-  }
-}
-
-class StreamImpl extends Readable {
-  private _channel: channels.StreamChannel;
-
-  constructor(channel: channels.StreamChannel) {
-    super();
-    this._channel = channel;
-  }
-
-  override async _read() {
-    const result = await this._channel.read({ size: 1024 * 1024 });
-    if (result.binary.byteLength)
-      this.push(result.binary);
-    else
-      this.push(null);
-  }
-
-  override _destroy(error: Error | null, callback: (error: Error | null | undefined) => void): void {
-    // Stream might be destroyed after the connection was closed.
-    this._channel.close().catch(e => null);
-    super._destroy(error, callback);
+    return this._platform.streamReadable(this._channel);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/writableStream.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/writableStream.ts
index 66cf17201d..38a2d0214a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/writableStream.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/writableStream.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Writable } from 'stream';
-
 import { ChannelOwner } from './channelOwner';
 
 import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
+import type { Writable } from 'stream';
 
 export class WritableStream extends ChannelOwner<channels.WritableStreamChannel> {
   static from(Stream: channels.WritableStreamChannel): WritableStream {
@@ -30,26 +29,6 @@ export class WritableStream extends ChannelOwner<channels.WritableStreamChannel>
   }
 
   stream(): Writable {
-    return new WritableStreamImpl(this._channel);
-  }
-}
-
-class WritableStreamImpl extends Writable {
-  private _channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel;
-
-  constructor(channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel) {
-    super();
-    this._channel = channel;
-  }
-
-  override async _write(chunk: Buffer | string, encoding: BufferEncoding, callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
-    const error = await this._channel.write({ binary: typeof chunk === 'string' ? Buffer.from(chunk) : chunk }).catch(e => e);
-    callback(error || null);
-  }
-
-  override async _final(callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
-    // Stream might be destroyed after the connection was closed.
-    const error = await this._channel.close().catch(e => e);
-    callback(error || null);
+    return this._platform.streamWritable(this._channel);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/platform.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/platform.ts
index 10bdc35922..25819b9a6f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/platform.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/platform.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { webColors, noColors } from '../utils/isomorphic/colors';
 import type * as fs from 'fs';
 import type * as path from 'path';
 import type { Colors } from '../utils/isomorphic/colors';
+import type { Readable, Writable } from 'stream';
+import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
 
 export type Zone = {
   push(data: unknown): Zone;
@@ -47,47 +49,12 @@ export type Platform = {
   log(name: 'api' | 'channel', message: string | Error | object): void;
   path: () => typeof path;
   pathSeparator: string;
+  streamFile(path: string, writable: Writable): Promise<void>,
+  streamReadable: (channel: channels.StreamChannel) => Readable,
+  streamWritable: (channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel) => Writable,
   zones: { empty: Zone, current: () => Zone; };
 };
 
-export const webPlatform: Platform = {
-  name: 'web',
-
-  calculateSha1: async (text: string) => {
-    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(text);
-    const hashBuffer = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-1', bytes);
-    return Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
-  },
-
-  colors: webColors,
-
-  createGuid: () => {
-    return Array.from(window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16)), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
-  },
-
-  fs: () => {
-    throw new Error('File system is not available');
-  },
-
-  inspectCustom: undefined,
-
-  isDebuggerAttached: () => false,
-
-  isLogEnabled(name: 'api' | 'channel') {
-    return false;
-  },
-
-  log(name: 'api' | 'channel', message: string | Error | object) {},
-
-  path: () => {
-    throw new Error('Path module is not available');
-  },
-
-  pathSeparator: '/',
-
-  zones: { empty: noopZone, current: () => noopZone },
-};
-
 export const emptyPlatform: Platform = {
   name: 'empty',
 
@@ -121,5 +88,35 @@ export const emptyPlatform: Platform = {
 
   pathSeparator: '/',
 
+  streamFile(path: string, writable: Writable): Promise<void> {
+    throw new Error('Streams are not available');
+  },
+
+  streamReadable: (channel: channels.StreamChannel) => {
+    throw new Error('Streams are not available');
+  },
+
+  streamWritable: (channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel) => {
+    throw new Error('Streams are not available');
+  },
+
   zones: { empty: noopZone, current: () => noopZone },
 };
+
+export const webPlatform: Platform = {
+  ...emptyPlatform,
+
+  name: 'web',
+
+  calculateSha1: async (text: string) => {
+    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(text);
+    const hashBuffer = await window.crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-1', bytes);
+    return Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+  },
+
+  colors: webColors,
+
+  createGuid: () => {
+    return Array.from(window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16)), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/nodePlatform.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/nodePlatform.ts
index e9883da361..fcdfebde2a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/nodePlatform.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/utils/nodePlatform.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as util from 'util';
+import { Readable, Writable, pipeline } from 'stream';
 
 import { colors } from '../../utilsBundle';
 import { debugLogger } from './debugLogger';
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ import { currentZone, emptyZone } from './zones';
 
 import type { Platform, Zone } from '../../common/platform';
 import type { Zone as ZoneImpl } from './zones';
+import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
+
+const pipelineAsync = util.promisify(pipeline);
 
 class NodeZone implements Zone {
   private _zone: ZoneImpl;
@@ -81,8 +85,63 @@ export const nodePlatform: Platform = {
 
   pathSeparator: path.sep,
 
+  async streamFile(path: string, stream: Writable): Promise<void> {
+    await pipelineAsync(fs.createReadStream(path), stream);
+  },
+
+  streamReadable: (channel: channels.StreamChannel) => {
+    return new ReadableStreamImpl(channel);
+  },
+
+  streamWritable: (channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel) => {
+    return new WritableStreamImpl(channel);
+  },
+
   zones: {
     current: () => new NodeZone(currentZone()),
     empty: new NodeZone(emptyZone),
   }
 };
+
+class ReadableStreamImpl extends Readable {
+  private _channel: channels.StreamChannel;
+
+  constructor(channel: channels.StreamChannel) {
+    super();
+    this._channel = channel;
+  }
+
+  override async _read() {
+    const result = await this._channel.read({ size: 1024 * 1024 });
+    if (result.binary.byteLength)
+      this.push(result.binary);
+    else
+      this.push(null);
+  }
+
+  override _destroy(error: Error | null, callback: (error: Error | null | undefined) => void): void {
+    // Stream might be destroyed after the connection was closed.
+    this._channel.close().catch(e => null);
+    super._destroy(error, callback);
+  }
+}
+
+class WritableStreamImpl extends Writable {
+  private _channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel;
+
+  constructor(channel: channels.WritableStreamChannel) {
+    super();
+    this._channel = channel;
+  }
+
+  override async _write(chunk: Buffer | string, encoding: BufferEncoding, callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
+    const error = await this._channel.write({ binary: typeof chunk === 'string' ? Buffer.from(chunk) : chunk }).catch(e => e);
+    callback(error || null);
+  }
+
+  override async _final(callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
+    // Stream might be destroyed after the connection was closed.
+    const error = await this._channel.close().catch(e => e);
+    callback(error || null);
+  }
+}