diff --git a/lib/internal/async_hooks.js b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
index 43ba749cd69946..def420b7ebaa31 100644
--- a/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypePop,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
   ArrayPrototypeUnshift,
-  ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
+
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
   ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
@@ -158,14 +158,7 @@ function executionAsyncResource() {
 
 // Used to fatally abort the process if a callback throws.
 function fatalError(e) {
-  if (typeof e.stack === 'string') {
-    process._rawDebug(e.stack);
-  } else {
-    const o = { message: e };
-    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(o, fatalError);
-    process._rawDebug(o.stack);
-  }
-
+  process._rawDebug(e.stack);
   const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
   if (getOptionValue('--abort-on-uncaught-exception')) {
     process.abort();