diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 04443faeebf8ff..c94bbb7a9bf413 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const {
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectKeys,
   Symbol,
+  SymbolFor,
 } = primordials;
 
 const messages = new Map();
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class SystemError extends Error {
     return `${this.name} [${this.code}]: ${this.message}`;
   }
 
-  [Symbol.for('nodejs.util.inspect.custom')](recurseTimes, ctx) {
+  [SymbolFor('nodejs.util.inspect.custom')](recurseTimes, ctx) {
     return lazyInternalUtilInspect().inspect(this, {
       ...ctx,
       getters: true,
diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 526d2504eaf462..f80c9212304a03 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   ReflectConstruct,
   Symbol,
+  SymbolFor,
 } = primordials;
 
 const {
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   // Symbol used to provide a custom inspect function for an object as an
   // alternative to using 'inspect'
-  customInspectSymbol: Symbol.for('nodejs.util.inspect.custom'),
+  customInspectSymbol: SymbolFor('nodejs.util.inspect.custom'),
 
   // Used by the buffer module to capture an internal reference to the
   // default isEncoding implementation, just in case userland overrides it.
diff --git a/lib/internal/worker.js b/lib/internal/worker.js
index a1c70b74fcebf1..d4ac7f8c5d506b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/worker.js
+++ b/lib/internal/worker.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const {
   ObjectCreate,
   ObjectEntries,
   Symbol,
+  SymbolFor,
 } = primordials;
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ const kOnCouldNotSerializeErr = Symbol('kOnCouldNotSerializeErr');
 const kOnErrorMessage = Symbol('kOnErrorMessage');
 const kParentSideStdio = Symbol('kParentSideStdio');
 
-const SHARE_ENV = Symbol.for('nodejs.worker_threads.SHARE_ENV');
+const SHARE_ENV = SymbolFor('nodejs.worker_threads.SHARE_ENV');
 const debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('worker');
 
 let cwdCounter;