diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index 6d8baf469ad280..75c81c04575a0b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ function setupGlobalProxy() {
     enumerable: false,
     configurable: true
   });
+  globalThis.global = globalThis;
 }
 
 function setupBuffer() {
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 841d912caebaf4..155e9a26c0b4f8 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -345,11 +345,6 @@ MaybeLocal<Value> Environment::BootstrapInternalLoaders() {
 MaybeLocal<Value> Environment::BootstrapNode() {
   EscapableHandleScope scope(isolate_);
 
-  Local<Object> global = context()->Global();
-  // TODO(joyeecheung): this can be done in JS land now.
-  global->Set(context(), FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate_, "global"), global)
-      .Check();
-
   // process, require, internalBinding, primordials
   std::vector<Local<String>> node_params = {
       process_string(),