diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index ad1a4bab913fa9..46f81a02f0c5d5 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -345,11 +345,6 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
       } catch (e) {
         err = e;
 
-        if (err && err.code === 'ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED') {
-          // The stack trace for this case is not very useful anyway.
-          Object.defineProperty(err, 'stack', { value: '' });
-        }
-
         if (process.domain) {
           debug('not recoverable, send to domain');
           process.domain.emit('error', err);
@@ -365,7 +360,11 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
         if (self.breakEvalOnSigint) {
           const interrupt = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             sigintListener = () => {
-              reject(new ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED());
+              const tmp = Error.stackTraceLimit;
+              Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
+              const err = new ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED();
+              Error.stackTraceLimit = tmp;
+              reject(err);
             };
             prioritizedSigintQueue.add(sigintListener);
           });
@@ -384,11 +383,6 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
           // Remove prioritized SIGINT listener if it was not called.
           prioritizedSigintQueue.delete(sigintListener);
 
-          if (err.code === 'ERR_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_INTERRUPTED') {
-            // The stack trace for this case is not very useful anyway.
-            Object.defineProperty(err, 'stack', { value: '' });
-          }
-
           unpause();
           if (err && process.domain) {
             debug('not recoverable, send to domain');