diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 779740bfd411ad..60ea4457ab1bf6 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -1132,10 +1132,10 @@ class REPLServer extends Interface {
         session.once('Runtime.executionContextCreated', ({ params }) => {
           this[kContextId] = params.context.id;
         });
-        context = vm.createContext();
+        context = vm.createContext(vm.constants.DONT_CONTEXTIFY);
         session.post('Runtime.disable');
       }, () => {
-        context = vm.createContext();
+        context = vm.createContext(vm.constants.DONT_CONTEXTIFY);
       });
       ArrayPrototypeForEach(ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(globalThis), (name) => {
         // Only set properties that do not already exist as a global builtin.