diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index cfceb5b040a486..0a220b5d821e7f 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -124,22 +124,13 @@ function longestSeqContainedIn(a, b) {
   return [ 0, 0, 0 ];
 }
 
-function longestCommonSubsequence(a, b) {
-  const [ l1, i1, j1 ] = longestSeqContainedIn(a, b);
-  const [ l2, i2, j2 ] = longestSeqContainedIn(b, a);
-  if (l1 > l2)
-    return [ l1, j1, i1 ];
-  else
-    return [ l2, i2, j2 ];
-}
-
 function enhanceStackTrace(err, own) {
   const sep = '\nEmitted \'error\' event at:\n';
 
   const errStack = err.stack.split('\n').slice(1);
   const ownStack = own.stack.split('\n').slice(1);
 
-  const [ len, off ] = longestCommonSubsequence(errStack, ownStack);
+  const [ len, off ] = longestSeqContainedIn(ownStack, errStack);
   if (len > 0) {
     ownStack.splice(off + 1, len - 1,
                     '    [... lines matching original stack trace ...]');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-events-uncaught-exception-stack.js b/test/parallel/test-events-uncaught-exception-stack.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c55322a5aa56c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-events-uncaught-exception-stack.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
+
+// Tests that the error stack where the exception was thrown is *not* appended.
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustCall((err) => {
+  const lines = err.stack.split('\n');
+  assert.strictEqual(lines[0], 'Error');
+  lines.slice(1).forEach((line) => {
+    assert(/^    at/.test(line), `${line} has an unexpected format`);
+  });
+}));
+
+new EventEmitter().emit('error', new Error());