diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index b4b27cefb98a3c..a3ecfb8837d1d3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ const {
   Promise,
   ReflectApply,
   ReflectConstruct,
-  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   RegExpPrototypeTest,
   SafeMap,
   SafeSet,
+  StringPrototypeSearch,
   StringPrototypeReplace,
   StringPrototypeToLowerCase,
   StringPrototypeToUpperCase,
@@ -60,12 +60,10 @@ const colorRegExp = /\u001b\[\d\d?m/g; // eslint-disable-line no-control-regex
 const unpairedSurrogateRe = /\p{Surrogate}/u;
 function toUSVString(val) {
   const str = `${val}`;
-  // As of V8 5.5, `str.search()` (and `unpairedSurrogateRe[@@search]()`) are
-  // slower than `unpairedSurrogateRe.exec()`.
-  const match = RegExpPrototypeExec(unpairedSurrogateRe, str);
-  if (!match)
+  const index = StringPrototypeSearch(str, unpairedSurrogateRe);
+  if (index === -1)
     return str;
-  return _toUSVString(str, match.index);
+  return _toUSVString(str, index);
 }
 
 let uvBinding;