diff --git a/lib/vm.js b/lib/vm.js
index c813ca3049e3e0..3dd63fe2af1222 100644
--- a/lib/vm.js
+++ b/lib/vm.js
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
 
 const {
   ContextifyScript,
-  kParsingContext,
   makeContext,
   isContext: _isContext,
 } = process.binding('contextify');
-
 const { ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { isUint8Array } = require('internal/util/types');
 const { validateInt32, validateUint32 } = require('internal/validators');
+const kParsingContext = Symbol('script parsing context');
 
 class Script extends ContextifyScript {
   constructor(code, options = {}) {
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index 91ae7824281cb7..820c3a7fc38e01 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ struct PackageConfig {
   V(tls_wrap_constructor_function, v8::Function)                              \
   V(tty_constructor_template, v8::FunctionTemplate)                           \
   V(udp_constructor_function, v8::Function)                                   \
-  V(vm_parsing_context_symbol, v8::Symbol)                                    \
   V(url_constructor_function, v8::Function)                                   \
   V(write_wrap_template, v8::ObjectTemplate)
 
diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 74b7c594d5f179..be4c0e5cf303d7 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -609,16 +609,6 @@ class ContextifyScript : public BaseObject {
 
     target->Set(class_name, script_tmpl->GetFunction());
     env->set_script_context_constructor_template(script_tmpl);
-
-    Local<Symbol> parsing_context_symbol =
-        Symbol::New(env->isolate(),
-                    FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(env->isolate(),
-                                          "script parsing context"));
-    env->set_vm_parsing_context_symbol(parsing_context_symbol);
-    target->Set(env->context(),
-                FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(env->isolate(), "kParsingContext"),
-                parsing_context_symbol)
-        .FromJust();
   }