diff --git a/src/test/fixtures.ts b/src/test/fixtures.ts
index 956849767d..155fccae67 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { wrapInPromise } from './util';
+import { formatLocation, wrapInPromise } from './util';
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import { FixturesWithLocation, Location, WorkerInfo, TestInfo } from './types';
 
@@ -353,7 +353,3 @@ function errorWithLocations(message: string, ...defined: { location: Location, n
   }
   return new Error(message);
 }
-
-function formatLocation(location: Location) {
-  return location.file + ':' + location.line + ':' + location.column;
-}
diff --git a/src/test/index.ts b/src/test/index.ts
index 7b1a79963c..653c8c4b71 100644
--- a/src/test/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import type { LaunchOptions, BrowserContextOptions, Page } from '../../types/types';
-import type { TestType, PlaywrightTestArgs, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerArgs, PlaywrightWorkerOptions, FullConfig, TestInfo } from '../../types/test';
+import type { TestType, PlaywrightTestArgs, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerArgs, PlaywrightWorkerOptions } from '../../types/test';
 import { rootTestType } from './testType';
 import { createGuid, removeFolders } from '../utils/utils';
 export { expect } from './expect';
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export const test = _baseTest.extend<PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions,
       }));
     }
 
-    const prependToError = testInfo.status ===  'timedOut' ? formatPendingCalls((context as any)._connection.pendingProtocolCalls(), testInfo) : '';
+    const prependToError = testInfo.status ===  'timedOut' ? formatPendingCalls((context as any)._connection.pendingProtocolCalls()) : '';
     await context.close();
     if (prependToError) {
       if (!testInfo.error) {
@@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ export const test = _baseTest.extend<PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions,
 });
 export default test;
 
-function formatPendingCalls(calls: ProtocolCall[], testInfo: TestInfo) {
+function formatPendingCalls(calls: ProtocolCall[]) {
   if (!calls.length)
     return '';
   return 'Pending operations:\n' + calls.map(call => {
-    const frame = call.stack && call.stack[0] ? formatStackFrame(testInfo.config, call.stack[0]) : '<unknown>';
+    const frame = call.stack && call.stack[0] ? formatStackFrame(call.stack[0]) : '<unknown>';
     return `  - ${call.apiName} at ${frame}\n`;
   }).join('') + '\n';
 }
 
-function formatStackFrame(config: FullConfig, frame: StackFrame) {
-  const file = path.relative(config.rootDir, frame.file) || path.basename(frame.file);
+function formatStackFrame(frame: StackFrame) {
+  const file = path.relative(process.cwd(), frame.file) || path.basename(frame.file);
   return `${file}:${frame.line || 1}:${frame.column || 1}`;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/loader.ts b/src/test/loader.ts
index c35ffb610e..d43937071e 100644
--- a/src/test/loader.ts
+++ b/src/test/loader.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { installTransform } from './transform';
 import type { FullConfig, Config, FullProject, Project, ReporterDescription, PreserveOutput } from './types';
-import { isRegExp, mergeObjects } from './util';
+import { isRegExp, mergeObjects, errorWithFile } from './util';
 import { setCurrentlyLoadingFileSuite } from './globals';
 import { Suite } from './test';
 import { SerializedLoaderData } from './ipc';
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@ function toLaunchServers(launchConfigs?: LaunchConfig | LaunchConfig[]): LaunchC
   return launchConfigs;
 }
 
-function errorWithFile(file: string, message: string) {
-  return new Error(`${file}: ${message}`);
-}
-
 function validateConfig(file: string, config: Config) {
   if (typeof config !== 'object' || !config)
     throw errorWithFile(file, `Configuration file must export a single object`);
diff --git a/src/test/util.ts b/src/test/util.ts
index 5d35219729..7410236b71 100644
--- a/src/test/util.ts
+++ b/src/test/util.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import util from 'util';
-import type { TestError } from './types';
+import path from 'path';
+import type { TestError, Location } from './types';
 import { default as minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 
 export class DeadlineRunner<T> {
@@ -147,3 +148,17 @@ export function forceRegExp(pattern: string): RegExp {
     return new RegExp(match[1], match[2]);
   return new RegExp(pattern, 'g');
 }
+
+export function relativeFilePath(file: string): string {
+  if (!path.isAbsolute(file))
+    return file;
+  return path.relative(process.cwd(), file);
+}
+
+export function formatLocation(location: Location) {
+  return relativeFilePath(location.file) + ':' + location.line + ':' + location.column;
+}
+
+export function errorWithFile(file: string, message: string) {
+  return new Error(`${relativeFilePath(file)}: ${message}`);
+}