diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 0f3d770358f..9990d0e888e 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ const { codes: {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
   ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE
 } } = require('internal/errors');
-const { AssertionError, errorCache } = require('internal/assert');
+const { AssertionError } = require('internal/assert');
 const { openSync, closeSync, readSync } = require('fs');
 const { inspect, types: { isPromise, isRegExp } } = require('util');
 const { EOL } = require('internal/constants');
 const { NativeModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/loaders');
 
+const errorCache = new Map();
+
 let isDeepEqual;
 let isDeepStrictEqual;
 let parseExpressionAt;
diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert.js
index e174cddb60a..829f6663191 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert.js
@@ -396,6 +396,5 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  AssertionError,
-  errorCache: new Map()
+  AssertionError
 };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-builtins-not-read-from-filesystem.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-builtins-not-read-from-filesystem.js
index 7855f830add..7a713a2ea43 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-builtins-not-read-from-filesystem.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-builtins-not-read-from-filesystem.js
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ if (process.argv[2] !== 'child') {
     e.emit('hello', false);
   } catch (err) {
     const frames = err.stack.split('\n');
-    const [, filename, , ] = frames[1].match(/\((.+):(\d+):(\d+)\)/);
+    const [, filename, line, column] = frames[1].match(/\((.+):(\d+):(\d+)\)/);
     // Spawn a child process to avoid the error having been cached in the assert
     // module's `errorCache` Map.
 
     const { output, status, error } =
       spawnSync(process.execPath,
-                [process.argv[1], 'child', filename],
+                [process.argv[1], 'child', filename, line, column],
                 { cwd: tmpdir.path, env: process.env });
     assert.ifError(error);
     assert.strictEqual(status, 0, `Exit code: ${status}\n${output}`);