diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index e55507416b0b08..5d47c51b993bbe 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
 
     // Current line
     this.line = '';
-    this.multiline = '';
 
     this._setRawMode(true);
     this.terminal = true;
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ Interface.prototype._addHistory = function() {
       if (dupIndex !== -1) this.history.splice(dupIndex, 1);
     }
 
-    this.multiline += this.line;
     this.history.unshift(this.line);
 
     // Only store so many
@@ -348,29 +346,6 @@ Interface.prototype._addHistory = function() {
   return this.history[0];
 };
 
-// Called when a multiline is seen by the repl
-Interface.prototype.undoHistory = function() {
-  if (this.terminal) {
-    this.history.shift();
-  }
-};
-
-// If it's a multiline code, then add history
-// accordingly.
-Interface.prototype.multilineHistory = function(clearBuffer) {
-  // if not clear buffer, add multiline history
-  if (!clearBuffer && this.terminal) {
-    const dupIndex = this.history.indexOf(this.multiline);
-    if (dupIndex !== -1) this.history.splice(dupIndex, 1);
-    // Remove the last entered line as multiline
-    // already contains them.
-    this.history.shift();
-    this.history.unshift(this.multiline);
-  }
-
-  // clear the multiline buffer
-  this.multiline = '';
-};
 
 Interface.prototype._refreshLine = function() {
   // line length
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 1ab4031f09cb9a..dd675fc435dcd8 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -666,13 +666,6 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
         }
       }
 
-      // handle multiline history
-      if (self[kBufferedCommandSymbol].length)
-        Interface.prototype.multilineHistory.call(self, false);
-      else {
-        Interface.prototype.multilineHistory.call(self, true);
-      }
-
       // Clear buffer if no SyntaxErrors
       self.clearBufferedCommand();
       sawCtrlD = false;
@@ -895,7 +888,6 @@ REPLServer.prototype.displayPrompt = function(preserveCursor) {
     const len = this.lines.level.length ? this.lines.level.length - 1 : 0;
     const levelInd = '..'.repeat(len);
     prompt += levelInd + ' ';
-    Interface.prototype.undoHistory.call(this);
   }
 
   // Do not overwrite `_initialPrompt` here
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
index 32bab3c8ed9f83..bb10085eccfcf6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ const tests = [
     test: [UP],
     expected: [prompt, replFailedRead, prompt, replDisabled, prompt]
   },
-  { // Tests multiline history
-    env: {},
-    test: ['{', '}', UP, CLEAR],
-    expected: [prompt, '{', '... ', '}', '{}\n',
-               prompt, `${prompt}{}`, prompt],
-    clean: false
-  },
   {
     before: function before() {
       if (common.isWindows) {