diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index bdd2edce866..e23ec858f33 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     } = perf.constants;
 
     _process.setup_hrtime();
-    _process.setup_performance();
     _process.setup_cpuUsage();
     _process.setupMemoryUsage();
     _process.setupKillAndExit();
diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index cc8318cbe3c..3d02e6eb87c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ process.assert = deprecate(
   'process.assert() is deprecated. Please use the `assert` module instead.',
   'DEP0100');
 
-function setup_performance() {
-  require('perf_hooks');
-}
-
 // Set up the process.cpuUsage() function.
 function setup_cpuUsage() {
   // Get the native function, which will be replaced with a JS version.
@@ -284,7 +280,6 @@ function setupUncaughtExceptionCapture(exceptionHandlerState) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  setup_performance,
   setup_cpuUsage,
   setup_hrtime,
   setupMemoryUsage,