diff --git a/scrapy_playwright/handler.py b/scrapy_playwright/handler.py
index a0476fc..b1f69ad 100644
--- a/scrapy_playwright/handler.py
+++ b/scrapy_playwright/handler.py
@@ -212,27 +212,6 @@ async def _create_page(self, request: Request, spider: Spider) -> Page:
         self._set_max_concurrent_page_count()
         if self.default_navigation_timeout is not None:
             page.set_default_navigation_timeout(self.default_navigation_timeout)
-        page_init_callback = request.meta.get("playwright_page_init_callback")
-        if page_init_callback:
-            try:
-                page_init_callback = load_object(page_init_callback)
-                await page_init_callback(page, request)
-            except Exception as ex:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "[Context=%s] Page init callback exception for %s exc_type=%s exc_msg=%s",
-                    context_name,
-                    repr(request),
-                    type(ex),
-                    str(ex),
-                    extra={
-                        "spider": spider,
-                        "context_name": context_name,
-                        "scrapy_request_url": request.url,
-                        "scrapy_request_method": request.method,
-                        "exception": ex,
-                    },
-                    exc_info=True,
-                )
 
         page.on("close", self._make_close_page_callback(context_name))
         page.on("crash", self._make_close_page_callback(context_name))