diff --git a/packages/browser/src/client/tester/context.ts b/packages/browser/src/client/tester/context.ts
index 732666cf2..6e1a59cd6 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/client/tester/context.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/client/tester/context.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type { BrowserTraceEntryStatus } from './trace'
 import { vi } from 'vitest'
 import { __INTERNAL, stringify } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
 import { ensureAwaited, getBrowserState, getWorkerState } from '../utils'
-import { isLocator, processTimeoutOptions, resolveUserEventPointerOptions, resolveUserEventWheelOptions, serializeElement } from './tester-utils'
+import { isLocator, processTimeoutOptions, resolveUserEventWheelOptions, serializeElement } from './tester-utils'
 import { createBrowserTraceRangeId, recordBrowserTraceEntry } from './trace'
 
 // this file should not import anything directly, only types and utils
@@ -78,9 +78,22 @@ export function createUserEvent(__tl_user_event_base__?: TestingLibraryUserEvent
     },
     pointer(options) {
       return ensureAwaited<void>(async () => {
+        const pointerOptions = await Promise.all(options.map(async (option) => {
+          if ('target' in option && option.target) {
+            const target = (await serializeElement(option.target))
+
+            return {
+              ...option,
+              target,
+            }
+          }
+
+          return option
+        }))
+
         await triggerCommand<void>(
           '__vitest_pointer',
-          [await resolveUserEventPointerOptions(options)],
+          [pointerOptions],
         )
       })
     },
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/client/tester/tester-utils.ts b/packages/browser/src/client/tester/tester-utils.ts
index a984b4568..b53794ae5 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/client/tester/tester-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/client/tester/tester-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Locator, SelectorOptions, SerializedLocator, SerializedUserEventPointerOptions, UserEventPointerOptions, UserEventWheelDeltaOptions, UserEventWheelOptions } from 'vitest/browser'
+import type { Locator, SelectorOptions, SerializedLocator, UserEventWheelDeltaOptions, UserEventWheelOptions } from 'vitest/browser'
 import type { BrowserRPC } from '../client'
 import type { BrowserTraceEntryStatus } from './trace'
 import { __INTERNAL } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
@@ -353,18 +353,3 @@ export function resolveUserEventWheelOptions(options: UserEventWheelOptions): Us
     times: options.times,
   }
 }
-
-export async function resolveUserEventPointerOptions(options: readonly UserEventPointerOptions[]): Promise<SerializedUserEventPointerOptions[]> {
-  return await Promise.all(options.map(async (option) => {
-    if ('target' in option && option.target) {
-      const target = (await serializeElement(option.target))
-
-      return {
-        ...option,
-        target,
-      }
-    }
-
-    return option
-  }))
-}