diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index ed707b5300be61..6980b1c650f20f 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const {
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectDefineProperties,
   ObjectGetPrototypeOf,
-  ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   Promise,
   PromiseReject,
   PromiseResolve,
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit(type, ...args) {
     return false;
 
   if (typeof handler === 'function') {
-    const result = handler.apply(this, args);
+    const result = ReflectApply(handler, this, args);
 
     // We check if result is undefined first because that
     // is the most common case so we do not pay any perf
@@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit(type, ...args) {
     const len = handler.length;
     const listeners = arrayClone(handler);
     for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-      const result = listeners[i].apply(this, args);
+      const result = ReflectApply(listeners[i], this, args);
 
       // We check if result is undefined first because that
       // is the most common case so we do not pay any perf
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ function onceWrapper() {
     this.fired = true;
     if (arguments.length === 0)
       return this.listener.call(this.target);
-    return this.listener.apply(this.target, arguments);
+    return ReflectApply(this.listener, this.target, arguments);
   }
 }
 
@@ -751,9 +750,10 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
 
       // Emit removeListener for all listeners on all events
       if (arguments.length === 0) {
-        for (const key of ReflectOwnKeys(events)) {
-          if (key === 'removeListener') continue;
-          this.removeAllListeners(key);
+        const ownKeys = ReflectOwnKeys(events);
+        for (let i = 0; i < ownKeys.length; i++) {
+          if (ownKeys[i] === 'removeListener') continue;
+          this.removeAllListeners(ownKeys[i]);
         }
         this.removeAllListeners('removeListener');
         this._events = { __proto__: null };
@@ -1059,7 +1059,8 @@ function on(emitter, event, options = kEmptyObject) {
   let finished = false;
   let size = 0;
 
-  const iterator = ObjectSetPrototypeOf({
+  const iterator = {
+    __proto__: AsyncIteratorPrototype,
     next() {
       // First, we consume all unread events
       if (size) {
@@ -1131,7 +1132,7 @@ function on(emitter, event, options = kEmptyObject) {
         return paused;
       },
     },
-  }, AsyncIteratorPrototype);
+  };
 
   // Adding event handlers
   const { addEventListener, removeAll } = listenersController();