diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-route.md b/docs/src/api/class-route.md
index f096db67b9..aabcd7560f 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-route.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-route.md
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ page.route("**/xhr_endpoint", lambda route: route.fulfill(path="mock_data.json")
 await page.RouteAsync("**/xhr_endpoint", route => route.FulfillAsync(new RouteFulfillOptions { Path = "mock_data.json" }));
 ```
 
-### option: Route.fulfill._response
-- `_response` <[Response]>
-
-Intercepted response. Will be used to populate all response fields not explicitely overridden.
-
 ### option: Route.fulfill.status
 - `status` <[int]>
 
diff --git a/src/client/network.ts b/src/client/network.ts
index e5f4dc4509..e148d09bb4 100644
--- a/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/src/client/network.ts
@@ -267,18 +267,18 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel, channels.RouteIni
     });
   }
 
-  async fulfill(options: { _response?: Response, status?: number, headers?: Headers, contentType?: string, body?: string | Buffer, path?: string } = {}) {
+  async fulfill(options: { response?: Response, status?: number, headers?: Headers, contentType?: string, body?: string | Buffer, path?: string } = {}) {
     return this._wrapApiCall(async (channel: channels.RouteChannel) => {
       let useInterceptedResponseBody;
       let { status: statusOption, headers: headersOption, body: bodyOption } = options;
-      if (options._response) {
-        statusOption ||= options._response.status();
-        headersOption ||= options._response.headers();
+      if (options.response) {
+        statusOption ||= options.response.status();
+        headersOption ||= options.response.headers();
         if (options.body === undefined && options.path === undefined) {
-          if (options._response === this._interceptedResponse)
+          if (options.response === this._interceptedResponse)
             useInterceptedResponseBody = true;
           else
-            bodyOption = await options._response.body();
+            bodyOption = await options.response.body();
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
index 260fb85826..25462f18c4 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ it('should fulfill response with empty body', async ({page, server, browserName,
   it.skip(browserName === 'chromium' && browserMajorVersion <= 91, 'Fails in Electron that uses old Chromium');
   await page.route('**/*', async route => {
     // @ts-expect-error
-    const _response = await route._continueToResponse({});
+    const response = await route._continueToResponse({});
     await route.fulfill({
-      _response,
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      response,
       status: 201,
       body: ''
     });
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ it('should fulfill with any response', async ({page, server, browserName, browse
     // @ts-expect-error
     await route._continueToResponse({});
     await route.fulfill({
-      _response: sampleResponse,
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      response: sampleResponse,
       status: 201,
       contentType: 'text/plain'
     });
@@ -124,8 +126,9 @@ it('should support fulfill after intercept', async ({page, server}) => {
   const requestPromise = server.waitForRequest('/title.html');
   await page.route('**', async route => {
     // @ts-expect-error
-    const _response = await route._continueToResponse();
-    await route.fulfill({ _response });
+    const response = await route._continueToResponse();
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    await route.fulfill({ response });
   });
   const response = await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
   const request = await requestPromise;
@@ -143,8 +146,9 @@ it('should intercept failures', async ({page, browserName, browserMajorVersion,
   await page.route('**', async route => {
     try {
       // @ts-expect-error
-      const _response = await route._continueToResponse();
-      await route.fulfill({ _response });
+      const response = await route._continueToResponse();
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      await route.fulfill({ response });
     } catch (e) {
       error = e;
     }
@@ -163,13 +167,14 @@ it('should support request overrides', async ({page, server, browserName, browse
   const requestPromise = server.waitForRequest('/empty.html');
   await page.route('**/foo', async route => {
     // @ts-expect-error
-    const _response = await route._continueToResponse({
+    const response = await route._continueToResponse({
       url: server.EMPTY_PAGE,
       method: 'POST',
       headers: {'foo': 'bar'},
       postData: 'my data',
     });
-    await route.fulfill({ _response });
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    await route.fulfill({ response });
   });
   await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/foo');
   const request = await requestPromise;
@@ -197,7 +202,8 @@ it('should give access to the intercepted response', async ({page, server}) => {
   expect(response.url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
   expect(response.headers()['content-type']).toBe('text/html; charset=utf-8');
 
-  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ _response: response }), evalPromise]);
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ response }), evalPromise]);
 });
 
 it('should give access to the intercepted response status text', async ({page, server, browserName}) => {
@@ -220,7 +226,8 @@ it('should give access to the intercepted response status text', async ({page, s
   expect(response.statusText()).toBe('You are awesome');
   expect(response.url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
 
-  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ _response: response }), evalPromise]);
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ response }), evalPromise]);
 });
 
 it('should give access to the intercepted response body', async ({page, server}) => {
@@ -238,7 +245,8 @@ it('should give access to the intercepted response body', async ({page, server})
 
   expect((await response.text())).toBe('{"foo": "bar"}\n');
 
-  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ _response: response }), evalPromise]);
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  await Promise.all([route.fulfill({ response }), evalPromise]);
 });
 
 it('should be abortable after interception', async ({page, server, browserName}) => {
@@ -314,8 +322,9 @@ it('should fulfill original response after redirects', async ({page, browserName
   await page.route('**/*', async route => {
     ++routeCalls;
     // @ts-expect-error
-    const _response = await route._continueToResponse({});
-    await route.fulfill({ _response });
+    const response = await route._continueToResponse({});
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    await route.fulfill({ response });
   });
   const response = await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/redirect/1.html');
   expect(requestUrls).toEqual(expectedUrls);
diff --git a/types/types.d.ts b/types/types.d.ts
index 29f2cf7917..abd8e7d781 100644
--- a/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/types/types.d.ts
@@ -11940,11 +11940,6 @@ export interface Route {
    * @param options
    */
   fulfill(options?: {
-    /**
-     * Intercepted response. Will be used to populate all response fields not explicitely overridden.
-     */
-    _response?: Response;
-
     /**
      * Response body.
      */