diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index aa0a6b282e138a..0dc34be96e1933 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -282,36 +282,15 @@ if (process.env.NODE_V8_COVERAGE) {
   };
 }
 
-// Worker threads don't receive signals.
-if (isMainThread) {
-  const {
-    isSignal,
-    startListeningIfSignal,
-    stopListeningIfSignal
-  } = mainThreadSetup.createSignalHandlers();
-  process.on('newListener', startListeningIfSignal);
-  process.on('removeListener', stopListeningIfSignal);
-  // re-arm pre-existing signal event registrations
-  // with this signal wrap capabilities.
-  const signalEvents = process.eventNames().filter(isSignal);
-  for (const ev of signalEvents) {
-    process.emit('newListener', ev);
-  }
-}
-
 if (getOptionValue('--experimental-report')) {
   const {
     config,
-    handleSignal,
     report,
     syncConfig
   } = NativeModule.require('internal/process/report');
   process.report = report;
   // Download the CLI / ENV config into JS land.
   syncConfig(config, false);
-  if (config.events.includes('signal')) {
-    process.on(config.signal, handleSignal);
-  }
 }
 
 function setupProcessObject() {
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
index 556c6ba39e51f6..57f7420d6c2027 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ let traceEventsAsyncHook;
 function prepareMainThreadExecution() {
   setupTraceCategoryState();
 
+  // Only main thread receives signals.
+  setupSignalHandlers();
+
   // If the process is spawned with env NODE_CHANNEL_FD, it's probably
   // spawned by our child_process module, then initialize IPC.
   // This attaches some internal event listeners and creates:
@@ -28,6 +31,28 @@ function prepareMainThreadExecution() {
   loadPreloadModules();
 }
 
+function setupSignalHandlers() {
+  const {
+    createSignalHandlers
+  } = require('internal/process/main_thread_only');
+  const {
+    startListeningIfSignal,
+    stopListeningIfSignal
+  } = createSignalHandlers();
+  process.on('newListener', startListeningIfSignal);
+  process.on('removeListener', stopListeningIfSignal);
+
+  if (getOptionValue('--experimental-report')) {
+    const {
+      config,
+      handleSignal
+    } = require('internal/process/report');
+    if (config.events.includes('signal')) {
+      process.on(config.signal, handleSignal);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function setupTraceCategoryState() {
   const {
     asyncHooksEnabledInitial,
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/main_thread_only.js b/lib/internal/process/main_thread_only.js
index 2572402f620c27..24a7b02520fa57 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/main_thread_only.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/main_thread_only.js
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ function createSignalHandlers() {
   }
 
   return {
-    isSignal,
     startListeningIfSignal,
     stopListeningIfSignal
   };