diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 4a01595ce1b72b..9530d57a347468 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
     self.writer.options = Object.assign({}, writer.options, { colors: true });
   }
 
-  function filterInternalStackFrames(error, structuredStack) {
+  function filterInternalStackFrames(structuredStack) {
     // Search from the bottom of the call stack to
     // find the first frame with a null function name
     if (typeof structuredStack !== 'object')
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
 
   function prepareStackTrace(fn) {
     return (error, stackFrames) => {
-      const frames = filterInternalStackFrames(error, stackFrames);
+      const frames = filterInternalStackFrames(stackFrames);
       if (fn) {
         return fn(error, frames);
       }