diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 76b376e789115f..4a8311af059295 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(EventEmitter, 'captureRejections', {
   enumerable: true
 });
 
-ObjectDefineProperty(EventEmitter, 'errorMonitor', {
-  value: kErrorMonitor,
-  writable: false,
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true
-});
+EventEmitter.errorMonitor = kErrorMonitor;
 
 // The default for captureRejections is false
 ObjectDefineProperty(EventEmitter.prototype, kCapture, {