diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 52700f0097b1c..fc03d7f53e997 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ Clears all registered handlers.
   - `slowMo` <[number]> Slows down Puppeteer operations by the specified amount of milliseconds. Useful so that you can see what is going on.
   - `transport` <[ConnectionTransport]> **Experimental** Specify a custom transport object for Puppeteer to use.
   - `product` <[string]> Possible values are: `chrome`, `firefox`. Defaults to `chrome`.
-  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[Promise]<[boolean]>|[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
+  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
 - returns: <[Promise]<[Browser]>>
 
 This methods attaches Puppeteer to an existing browser instance.
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ try {
   - `devtools` <[boolean]> Whether to auto-open a DevTools panel for each tab. If this option is `true`, the `headless` option will be set `false`.
   - `pipe` <[boolean]> Connects to the browser over a pipe instead of a WebSocket. Defaults to `false`.
   - `extraPrefsFirefox` <[Object]> Additional [preferences](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference) that can be passed to Firefox (see `PUPPETEER_PRODUCT`)
-  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[Promise]<[boolean]>|[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
+  - `targetFilter` <?[function]\([Protocol.Target.TargetInfo]\):[boolean]> Use this function to decide if Puppeteer should connect to the given target. If a `targetFilter` is provided, Puppeteer only connects to targets for which `targetFilter` returns `true`. By default, Puppeteer connects to all available targets.
 - returns: <[Promise]<[Browser]>> Promise which resolves to browser instance.
 
 You can use `ignoreDefaultArgs` to filter out `--mute-audio` from default arguments:
diff --git a/src/common/Browser.ts b/src/common/Browser.ts
index d4acb4cf24702..ea40dd317a262 100644
--- a/src/common/Browser.ts
+++ b/src/common/Browser.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export type BrowserCloseCallback = () => Promise<void> | void;
  */
 export type TargetFilterCallback = (
   target: Protocol.Target.TargetInfo
-) => Promise<boolean> | boolean;
+) => boolean;
 
 const WEB_PERMISSION_TO_PROTOCOL_PERMISSION = new Map<
   Permission,
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export class Browser extends EventEmitter {
         ? this._contexts.get(browserContextId)
         : this._defaultContext;
 
-    const shouldAttachToTarget = await this._targetFilterCallback(targetInfo);
+    const shouldAttachToTarget = this._targetFilterCallback(targetInfo);
     if (!shouldAttachToTarget) {
       return;
     }