diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 1982156c7ae0c4..321c7088ac07e5 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@
 namespace node {
 
 using native_module::NativeModuleEnv;
-using options_parser::kAllowedInEnvironment;
-using options_parser::kDisallowedInEnvironment;
 
 using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::EscapableHandleScope;
@@ -631,7 +629,7 @@ void ResetStdio() {
 int ProcessGlobalArgs(std::vector<std::string>* args,
                       std::vector<std::string>* exec_args,
                       std::vector<std::string>* errors,
-                      bool is_env) {
+                      OptionEnvvarSettings settings) {
   // Parse a few arguments which are specific to Node.
   std::vector<std::string> v8_args;
 
@@ -641,7 +639,7 @@ int ProcessGlobalArgs(std::vector<std::string>* args,
       exec_args,
       &v8_args,
       per_process::cli_options.get(),
-      is_env ? kAllowedInEnvironment : kDisallowedInEnvironment,
+      settings,
       errors);
 
   if (!errors->empty()) return 9;
@@ -803,12 +801,18 @@ int InitializeNodeWithArgs(std::vector<std::string>* argv,
       return 9;
     }
 
-    const int exit_code = ProcessGlobalArgs(&env_argv, nullptr, errors, true);
+    const int exit_code = ProcessGlobalArgs(&env_argv,
+                                            nullptr,
+                                            errors,
+                                            kAllowedInEnvironment);
     if (exit_code != 0) return exit_code;
   }
 #endif
 
-  const int exit_code = ProcessGlobalArgs(argv, exec_argv, errors, false);
+  const int exit_code = ProcessGlobalArgs(argv,
+                                          exec_argv,
+                                          errors,
+                                          kDisallowedInEnvironment);
   if (exit_code != 0) return exit_code;
 
   // Set the process.title immediately after processing argv if --title is set.
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index bc55abb145d29c..782d22412ec69a 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ NODE_EXTERN void Init(int* argc,
                       int* exec_argc,
                       const char*** exec_argv);
 
+enum OptionEnvvarSettings {
+  kAllowedInEnvironment,
+  kDisallowedInEnvironment
+};
+
+NODE_EXTERN int ProcessGlobalArgs(std::vector<std::string>* args,
+                      std::vector<std::string>* exec_args,
+                      std::vector<std::string>* errors,
+                      OptionEnvvarSettings settings);
+
 class NodeArrayBufferAllocator;
 
 // An ArrayBuffer::Allocator class with some Node.js-specific tweaks. If you do
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 44b73fc1602031..719ba666419318 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -251,11 +251,6 @@ HostPort SplitHostPort(const std::string& arg,
     std::vector<std::string>* errors);
 void GetOptions(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
 
-enum OptionEnvvarSettings {
-  kAllowedInEnvironment,
-  kDisallowedInEnvironment
-};
-
 enum OptionType {
   kNoOp,
   kV8Option,
diff --git a/src/node_worker.cc b/src/node_worker.cc
index 9f2da4c9de2d19..f1b2347d29cbe3 100644
--- a/src/node_worker.cc
+++ b/src/node_worker.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-using node::options_parser::kDisallowedInEnvironment;
+using node::kDisallowedInEnvironment;
 using v8::Array;
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::Boolean;