diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 36217a8313c134a..cb20ddd6b854760 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ const {
   AbortError,
   codes: {
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
-    ERR_INVALID_THIS,
     ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR,
   },
   genericNodeError,
@@ -106,9 +105,9 @@ function lazyEventEmitterAsyncResource() {
       AsyncResource,
     } = require('async_hooks');
 
-    const kEventEmitter = Symbol('kEventEmitter');
-    const kAsyncResource = Symbol('kAsyncResource');
     class EventEmitterReferencingAsyncResource extends AsyncResource {
+      #eventEmitter;
+
       /**
        * @param {EventEmitter} ee
        * @param {string} [type]
@@ -119,21 +118,21 @@ function lazyEventEmitterAsyncResource() {
        */
       constructor(ee, type, options) {
         super(type, options);
-        this[kEventEmitter] = ee;
+        this.#eventEmitter = ee;
       }
 
       /**
        * @type {EventEmitter}
        */
       get eventEmitter() {
-        if (this[kEventEmitter] === undefined)
-          throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterReferencingAsyncResource');
-        return this[kEventEmitter];
+        return this.#eventEmitter;
       }
     }
 
     EventEmitterAsyncResource =
       class EventEmitterAsyncResource extends EventEmitter {
+        #asyncResource;
+
         /**
          * @param {{
          *   name?: string,
@@ -154,8 +153,7 @@ function lazyEventEmitterAsyncResource() {
           }
           super(options);
 
-          this[kAsyncResource] =
-            new EventEmitterReferencingAsyncResource(this, name, options);
+          this.#asyncResource = new EventEmitterReferencingAsyncResource(this, name, options);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -164,9 +162,7 @@ function lazyEventEmitterAsyncResource() {
          * @returns {boolean}
          */
         emit(event, ...args) {
-          if (this[kAsyncResource] === undefined)
-            throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterAsyncResource');
-          const { asyncResource } = this;
+          const asyncResource = this.#asyncResource;
           ArrayPrototypeUnshift(args, super.emit, this, event);
           return ReflectApply(asyncResource.runInAsyncScope, asyncResource,
                               args);
@@ -176,36 +172,28 @@ function lazyEventEmitterAsyncResource() {
          * @returns {void}
          */
         emitDestroy() {
-          if (this[kAsyncResource] === undefined)
-            throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterAsyncResource');
-          this.asyncResource.emitDestroy();
+          this.#asyncResource.emitDestroy();
         }
 
         /**
          * @type {number}
          */
         get asyncId() {
-          if (this[kAsyncResource] === undefined)
-            throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterAsyncResource');
-          return this.asyncResource.asyncId();
+          return this.#asyncResource.asyncId();
         }
 
         /**
          * @type {number}
          */
         get triggerAsyncId() {
-          if (this[kAsyncResource] === undefined)
-            throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterAsyncResource');
-          return this.asyncResource.triggerAsyncId();
+          return this.#asyncResource.triggerAsyncId();
         }
 
         /**
          * @type {EventEmitterReferencingAsyncResource}
          */
         get asyncResource() {
-          if (this[kAsyncResource] === undefined)
-            throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventEmitterAsyncResource');
-          return this[kAsyncResource];
+          return this.#asyncResource;
         }
       };
   }