diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 5bfe95c84ab198..d3db675e585c95 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
   ArrayPrototypeSplice,
   ArrayPrototypeUnshift,
+  AsyncIteratorPrototype,
   Boolean,
   Error,
   ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
@@ -1000,9 +1001,6 @@ async function once(emitter, name, options = kEmptyObject) {
   });
 }
 
-const AsyncIteratorPrototype = ObjectGetPrototypeOf(
-  ObjectGetPrototypeOf(async function* () {}).prototype);
-
 function createIterResult(value, done) {
   return { value, done };
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
index ac7723b528e872..1d793d719f5fbf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
+++ b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototype,
   ArrayPrototypeForEach,
   ArrayPrototypePush,
+  AsyncIteratorPrototype,
   Atomics,
   BigInt,
   BigInt64Array,
@@ -212,10 +213,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
     // 27 Control Abstraction Objects
     // 27.1 Iteration
     IteratorPrototype, // 27.1.2 IteratorPrototype
-    // 27.1.3 AsyncIteratorPrototype
-    ObjectGetPrototypeOf(ObjectGetPrototypeOf(ObjectGetPrototypeOf(
-      (async function*() {})(),
-    ))),
+    AsyncIteratorPrototype, // 27.1.3 AsyncIteratorPrototype
     PromisePrototype, // 27.2
 
     // Other APIs / Web Compatibility