diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/screenshot.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/screenshot.ts
index 71342abc9e0c0..d2aeea504a2d3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/screenshot.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/screenshot.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ const screenshot = defineTabTool({
       response.addCode(`await page.screenshot(${formatObject({ ...options, path: resolvedFile.relativeName })});`);
 
     await response.addFileResult(resolvedFile, data);
-    await response.registerImageResult(data, fileType);
+    if (!params.filename)
+      await response.registerImageResult(data, fileType);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/mcp/screenshot.spec.ts b/tests/mcp/screenshot.spec.ts
index bbe3c74d7991c..faa0d7d5eec73 100644
--- a/tests/mcp/screenshot.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/mcp/screenshot.spec.ts
@@ -238,11 +238,6 @@ test('browser_take_screenshot (filename: "output.png")', async ({ client, server
         text: expect.stringContaining(`output.png`),
         type: 'text',
       },
-      {
-        data: expect.any(String),
-        mimeType: 'image/png',
-        type: 'image',
-      },
     ],
   });