diff --git a/lib/internal/perf/timerify.js b/lib/internal/perf/timerify.js
index dae0b06bf80c8a..6bfede7aa1fa20 100644
--- a/lib/internal/perf/timerify.js
+++ b/lib/internal/perf/timerify.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const {
   MathCeil,
   ReflectApply,
   ReflectConstruct,
-  Symbol,
 } = primordials;
 
 const { InternalPerformanceEntry } = require('internal/perf/performance_entry');
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ const {
   enqueue,
 } = require('internal/perf/observe');
 
-const kTimerified = Symbol('kTimerified');
-
 function processComplete(name, start, args, histogram) {
   const duration = now() - start;
   if (histogram !== undefined)
@@ -71,8 +68,6 @@ function timerify(fn, options = {}) {
       histogram);
   }
 
-  if (fn[kTimerified]) return fn[kTimerified];
-
   const constructor = isConstructor(fn);
 
   function timerified(...args) {
@@ -95,11 +90,6 @@ function timerify(fn, options = {}) {
   }
 
   ObjectDefineProperties(timerified, {
-    [kTimerified]: {
-      configurable: false,
-      enumerable: false,
-      value: timerified,
-    },
     length: {
       configurable: false,
       enumerable: true,
@@ -112,14 +102,6 @@ function timerify(fn, options = {}) {
     }
   });
 
-  ObjectDefineProperties(fn, {
-    [kTimerified]: {
-      configurable: false,
-      enumerable: false,
-      value: timerified,
-    }
-  });
-
   return timerified;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-performance-function.js b/test/parallel/test-performance-function.js
index ea928028208e47..fcc3004d02884a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-performance-function.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-performance-function.js
@@ -75,16 +75,18 @@ const {
   });
 }
 
-// Function can only be wrapped once, also check length and name
+// Function can be wrapped many times, also check length and name
 {
   const m = (a, b = 1) => {};
   const n = performance.timerify(m);
   const o = performance.timerify(m);
   const p = performance.timerify(n);
-  assert.strictEqual(n, o);
-  assert.strictEqual(n, p);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(n, o);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(n, p);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(o, p);
   assert.strictEqual(n.length, m.length);
   assert.strictEqual(n.name, 'timerified m');
+  assert.strictEqual(p.name, 'timerified timerified m');
 }
 
 (async () => {