diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 6ea3d89f0b9a37..7747cb57cf3ae7 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ exports.expectWarning = function(name, expected) {
   }, expected.length));
 };
 
+Object.defineProperty(exports, 'hasIntl', {
+  get: function() {
+    return process.binding('config').hasIntl;
+  }
+});
+
 // Crash the process on unhandled rejections.
 exports.crashOnUnhandledRejection = function() {
   process.on('unhandledRejection',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
index 03e0712ba3ece2..7ccdb70f141a8b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-if (global.Intl === undefined || Intl.v8BreakIterator === undefined)
+if (!common.hasIntl || Intl.v8BreakIterator === undefined) {
   common.skip('no Intl');
+}
 
 try {
   new Intl.v8BreakIterator();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-intl.js b/test/parallel/test-intl.js
index a5b76538a2e722..907f56f03ac83f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-intl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-intl.js
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ if (enablei18n === undefined) {
   enablei18n = 0;
 }
 
-// is the Intl object present?
-const haveIntl = (global.Intl !== undefined);
-
 // Returns true if no specific locale ids were configured (i.e. "all")
 // Else, returns true if loc is in the configured list
 // Else, returns false
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ function haveLocale(loc) {
   return locs.includes(loc);
 }
 
-if (!haveIntl) {
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
   const erMsg =
     `"Intl" object is NOT present but v8_enable_i18n_support is ${enablei18n}`;
   assert.strictEqual(enablei18n, 0, erMsg);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
index 27311f7eda84e3..b0377afd4a1899 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (common.hasCrypto) {
   expected_keys.push('openssl');
 }
 
-if (typeof Intl !== 'undefined') {
+if (common.hasIntl) {
   expected_keys.push('icu');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
index 0d05196869cda9..d29d816a425976 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ const testNonGlobal = repl.start({
 const builtins = [['Infinity', '', 'Int16Array', 'Int32Array',
                    'Int8Array'], 'I'];
 
-if (typeof Intl === 'object') {
+if (common.hasIntl) {
   builtins[0].push('Intl');
 }
 testNonGlobal.complete('I', common.mustCall((error, data) => {