diff --git a/src/server/dom.ts b/src/server/dom.ts
index f1f4fd6bcd..1ff31b5e60 100644
--- a/src/server/dom.ts
+++ b/src/server/dom.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import * as js from './javascript';
 import { Page } from './page';
 import { SelectorInfo } from './selectors';
 import * as types from './types';
-import { Progress } from './progress';
+import { Progress, runAbortableTask } from './progress';
 import { FatalDOMError, RetargetableDOMError } from './common/domErrors';
 
 export class FrameExecutionContext extends js.ExecutionContext {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async scrollIntoViewIfNeeded(options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}) {
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(
+    return runAbortableTask(
         progress => this._waitAndScrollIntoViewIfNeeded(progress),
         this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
   }
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async selectText(options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.throwIfAborted();  // Avoid action that has side-effects.
       const poll = await this._evaluateHandleInUtility(([injected, node]) => {
         return injected.waitForVisibleAndSelectText(node);
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async focus(): Promise<void> {
-    await this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    await runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       const result = await this._focus(progress);
       await this._page._doSlowMo();
       return assertDone(throwRetargetableDOMError(result));
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async screenshot(options: types.ElementScreenshotOptions = {}): Promise<Buffer> {
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(
+    return runAbortableTask(
         progress => this._page._screenshotter.screenshotElement(progress, this, options),
         this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
   }
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async waitForElementState(state: 'visible' | 'hidden' | 'stable' | 'enabled' | 'disabled', options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  waiting for element to be ${state}`);
       if (state === 'visible') {
         const poll = await this._evaluateHandleInUtility(([injected, node]) => {
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
       throw new Error(`state: expected one of (attached|detached|visible|hidden)`);
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = waitForSelectorTask(info, state, this);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`waiting for selector "${selector}"${state === 'attached' ? '' : ' to be ' + state}`);
       const context = await this._context.frame._context(info.world);
       const injected = await context.injectedScript();
diff --git a/src/server/frames.ts b/src/server/frames.ts
index c158a2628b..8d27b62c28 100644
--- a/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import * as network from './network';
 import { Page } from './page';
 import * as types from './types';
 import { BrowserContext } from './browserContext';
-import { Progress, ProgressController } from './progress';
+import { Progress, ProgressController, runAbortableTask } from './progress';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { assert, makeWaitForNextTask } from '../utils/utils';
 import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger';
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
       throw new Error(`state: expected one of (attached|detached|visible|hidden)`);
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.waitForSelectorTask(info, state);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`waiting for selector "${selector}"${state === 'attached' ? '' : ' to be ' + state}`);
       const result = await this._scheduleRerunnableHandleTask(progress, info.world, task);
       if (!result.asElement()) {
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   async dispatchEvent(selector: string, type: string, eventInit?: Object, options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.dispatchEventTask(info, type, eventInit || {});
-    await this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    await runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`Dispatching "${type}" event on selector "${selector}"...`);
       // Note: we always dispatch events in the main world.
       await this._scheduleRerunnableTask(progress, 'main', task);
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   private async _retryWithSelectorIfNotConnected<R>(
     selector: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions,
     action: (progress: Progress, handle: dom.ElementHandle<Element>) => Promise<R | 'error:notconnected'>): Promise<R> {
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       return this._retryWithProgressIfNotConnected(progress, selector, handle => action(progress, handle));
     }, this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
   }
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   async textContent(selector: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<string | null> {
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.textContentTask(info);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving textContent from "${selector}"`);
       return this._scheduleRerunnableTask(progress, info.world, task);
     }, this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   async innerText(selector: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.innerTextTask(info);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving innerText from "${selector}"`);
       const result = dom.throwFatalDOMError(await this._scheduleRerunnableTask(progress, info.world, task));
       return result.innerText;
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   async innerHTML(selector: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.innerHTMLTask(info);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving innerHTML from "${selector}"`);
       return this._scheduleRerunnableTask(progress, info.world, task);
     }, this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
   async getAttribute(selector: string, name: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions = {}): Promise<string | null> {
     const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector);
     const task = dom.getAttributeTask(info, name);
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(async progress => {
+    return runAbortableTask(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving attribute "${name}" from "${selector}"`);
       return this._scheduleRerunnableTask(progress, info.world, task);
     }, this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ export class Frame extends EventEmitter {
         return injectedScript.pollRaf((progress, continuePolling) => innerPredicate(arg) || continuePolling);
       return injectedScript.pollInterval(polling, (progress, continuePolling) => innerPredicate(arg) || continuePolling);
     }, { predicateBody, polling: options.pollingInterval, arg });
-    return this._page._runAbortableTask(
+    return runAbortableTask(
         progress => this._scheduleRerunnableHandleTask(progress, 'main', task),
         this._page._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
   }
diff --git a/src/server/page.ts b/src/server/page.ts
index 50370c4ed5..194a6ceee7 100644
--- a/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/src/server/page.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { ConsoleMessage } from './console';
 import * as accessibility from './accessibility';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { FileChooser } from './fileChooser';
-import { Progress, runAbortableTask } from './progress';
+import { runAbortableTask } from './progress';
 import { assert, isError } from '../utils/utils';
 import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger';
 import { Selectors } from './selectors';
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
     this._disconnectedCallback(new Error('Page closed'));
   }
 
-  async _runAbortableTask<T>(task: (progress: Progress) => Promise<T>, timeout: number): Promise<T> {
-    return runAbortableTask(task, timeout);
-  }
-
   async _onFileChooserOpened(handle: dom.ElementHandle) {
     const multiple = await handle.evaluate(element => !!(element as HTMLInputElement).multiple);
     if (!this.listenerCount(Page.Events.FileChooser)) {
@@ -356,7 +352,7 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async screenshot(options: types.ScreenshotOptions = {}): Promise<Buffer> {
-    return this._runAbortableTask(
+    return runAbortableTask(
         progress => this._screenshotter.screenshotPage(progress, options),
         this._timeoutSettings.timeout(options));
   }