diff --git a/lib/_debugger.js b/lib/_debugger.js
index ba8ee0f30dcad2..f76bf6e2ef238d 100644
--- a/lib/_debugger.js
+++ b/lib/_debugger.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const net = require('net');
 const vm = require('vm');
 const Module = require('module');
-const repl = Module.requireRepl();
+const repl = require('repl');
 const inherits = util.inherits;
 const assert = require('assert');
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
diff --git a/lib/internal/module.js b/lib/internal/module.js
index 7f3a39e539424a..ef55aa64bd5642 100644
--- a/lib/internal/module.js
+++ b/lib/internal/module.js
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 'use strict';
 
-module.exports.stripBOM = stripBOM;
+module.exports = { makeRequireFunction, stripBOM };
+
+// Invoke with makeRequireFunction.call(module) where |module| is the
+// Module object to use as the context for the require() function.
+function makeRequireFunction() {
+  const Module = this.constructor;
+  const self = this;
+
+  function require(path) {
+    return self.require(path);
+  }
+
+  require.resolve = function(request) {
+    return Module._resolveFilename(request, self);
+  };
+
+  require.main = process.mainModule;
+
+  // Enable support to add extra extension types.
+  require.extensions = Module._extensions;
+
+  require.cache = Module._cache;
+
+  return require;
+}
 
 /**
  * Remove byte order marker. This catches EF BB BF (the UTF-8 BOM)
diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 0604183848da0c..67d4be4a42c621 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -57,3 +57,21 @@ exports._deprecate = function(fn, msg) {
 
   return deprecated;
 };
+
+exports.decorateErrorStack = function decorateErrorStack(err) {
+  if (!(exports.isError(err) && err.stack))
+    return;
+
+  const arrow = exports.getHiddenValue(err, 'arrowMessage');
+
+  if (arrow)
+    err.stack = arrow + err.stack;
+};
+
+exports.isError = function isError(e) {
+  return exports.objectToString(e) === '[object Error]' || e instanceof Error;
+};
+
+exports.objectToString = function objectToString(o) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(o);
+};
diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 8b9b59551ece76..6a4cd885a3a3f5 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -274,17 +274,6 @@ Module._load = function(request, parent, isMain) {
     debug('Module._load REQUEST %s parent: %s', request, parent.id);
   }
 
-  // REPL is a special case, because it needs the real require.
-  if (request === 'internal/repl' || request === 'repl') {
-    if (Module._cache[request]) {
-      return Module._cache[request];
-    }
-    var replModule = new Module(request);
-    replModule._compile(NativeModule.getSource(request), `${request}.js`);
-    NativeModule._cache[request] = replModule;
-    return replModule.exports;
-  }
-
   var filename = Module._resolveFilename(request, parent);
 
   var cachedModule = Module._cache[filename];
@@ -376,27 +365,9 @@ var resolvedArgv;
 // the file.
 // Returns exception, if any.
 Module.prototype._compile = function(content, filename) {
-  var self = this;
   // remove shebang
   content = content.replace(shebangRe, '');
 
-  function require(path) {
-    return self.require(path);
-  }
-
-  require.resolve = function(request) {
-    return Module._resolveFilename(request, self);
-  };
-
-  require.main = process.mainModule;
-
-  // Enable support to add extra extension types
-  require.extensions = Module._extensions;
-
-  require.cache = Module._cache;
-
-  var dirname = path.dirname(filename);
-
   // create wrapper function
   var wrapper = Module.wrap(content);
 
@@ -421,8 +392,10 @@ Module.prototype._compile = function(content, filename) {
       global.v8debug.Debug.setBreakPoint(compiledWrapper, 0, 0);
     }
   }
-  var args = [self.exports, require, self, filename, dirname];
-  return compiledWrapper.apply(self.exports, args);
+  const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
+  const require = internalModule.makeRequireFunction.call(this);
+  const args = [this.exports, require, this, filename, dirname];
+  return compiledWrapper.apply(this.exports, args);
 };
 
 
@@ -488,10 +461,10 @@ Module._initPaths = function() {
   Module.globalPaths = modulePaths.slice(0);
 };
 
-// bootstrap repl
-Module.requireRepl = function() {
-  return Module._load('internal/repl', '.');
-};
+// TODO(bnoordhuis) Unused, remove in the future.
+Module.requireRepl = internalUtil.deprecate(function() {
+  return NativeModule.require('internal/repl');
+}, 'Module.requireRepl is deprecated.');
 
 Module._preloadModules = function(requests) {
   if (!Array.isArray(requests))
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 4ce1a25fe1c344..c84595f1786cab 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const internalModule = require('internal/module');
+const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
 const util = require('util');
 const inherits = util.inherits;
 const Stream = require('stream');
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const Interface = require('readline').Interface;
 const Console = require('console').Console;
+const Module = require('module');
 const domain = require('domain');
 const debug = util.debuglog('repl');
 
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
   self._domain.on('error', function(e) {
     debug('domain error');
     const top = replMap.get(self);
-    util.decorateErrorStack(e);
+    internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(e);
     top.outputStream.write((e.stack || e) + '\n');
     top.lineParser.reset();
     top.bufferedCommand = '';
@@ -522,6 +525,8 @@ REPLServer.prototype.createContext = function() {
     context.global.global = context;
   }
 
+  const module = new Module('<repl>');
+  const require = internalModule.makeRequireFunction.call(module);
   context.module = module;
   context.require = require;
 
@@ -661,7 +666,7 @@ REPLServer.prototype.complete = function(line, callback) {
     completionGroupsLoaded();
   } else if (match = line.match(requireRE)) {
     // require('...<Tab>')
-    var exts = Object.keys(require.extensions);
+    const exts = Object.keys(this.context.require.extensions);
     var indexRe = new RegExp('^index(' + exts.map(regexpEscape).join('|') +
                              ')$');
 
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 40d6491e0f200b..5df7bb9f920d18 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
 const binding = process.binding('util');
 
+const isError = internalUtil.isError;
+const objectToString = internalUtil.objectToString;
+
 var Debug;
 
 const formatRegExp = /%[sdj%]/g;
@@ -739,9 +742,6 @@ function isDate(d) {
 }
 exports.isDate = isDate;
 
-function isError(e) {
-  return objectToString(e) === '[object Error]' || e instanceof Error;
-}
 exports.isError = isError;
 
 function isFunction(arg) {
@@ -757,10 +757,6 @@ exports.isPrimitive = isPrimitive;
 
 exports.isBuffer = Buffer.isBuffer;
 
-function objectToString(o) {
-  return Object.prototype.toString.call(o);
-}
-
 
 function pad(n) {
   return n < 10 ? '0' + n.toString(10) : n.toString(10);
@@ -899,14 +895,3 @@ exports._exceptionWithHostPort = function(err,
   }
   return ex;
 };
-
-
-exports.decorateErrorStack = function(err) {
-  if (!(isError(err) && err.stack))
-    return;
-
-  const arrow = internalUtil.getHiddenValue(err, 'arrowMessage');
-
-  if (arrow)
-    err.stack = arrow + err.stack;
-};
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 6a7aa7221bd00f..35a51c80640ab5 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         // If -i or --interactive were passed, or stdin is a TTY.
         if (process._forceRepl || NativeModule.require('tty').isatty(0)) {
           // REPL
-          var cliRepl = Module.requireRepl();
+          var cliRepl = NativeModule.require('internal/repl');
           cliRepl.createInternalRepl(process.env, function(err, repl) {
             if (err) {
               throw err;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
index 5234d8e009ee58..03792789e87f69 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ function error_test() {
       expect: 'undefined\n' + prompt_unix },
     { client: client_unix, send: '/* \'\n"\n\'"\'\n*/',
       expect: 'undefined\n' + prompt_unix },
+    // REPL should get a normal require() function, not one that allows
+    // access to internal modules without the --expose_internals flag.
+    { client: client_unix, send: 'require("internal/repl")',
+      expect: /^Error: Cannot find module 'internal\/repl'/ },
   ]);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-decorate-error-stack.js b/test/parallel/test-util-decorate-error-stack.js
index b609ee3372574b..24fee56df7b655 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-decorate-error-stack.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-decorate-error-stack.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+// Flags: --expose_internals
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const util = require('util');
+const internalUtil = require('internal/util');
 
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
-  util.decorateErrorStack();
-  util.decorateErrorStack(null);
-  util.decorateErrorStack(1);
-  util.decorateErrorStack(true);
+  internalUtil.decorateErrorStack();
+  internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(null);
+  internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(1);
+  internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(true);
 });
 
 // Verify that a stack property is not added to non-Errors
 const obj = {};
-util.decorateErrorStack(obj);
+internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(obj);
 assert.strictEqual(obj.stack, undefined);
 
 // Verify that the stack is decorated when possible
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ try {
 } catch (e) {
   err = e;
   assert(!/var foo bar;/.test(err.stack));
-  util.decorateErrorStack(err);
+  internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(err);
 }
 
 assert(/var foo bar;/.test(err.stack));
@@ -31,5 +32,5 @@ assert(/var foo bar;/.test(err.stack));
 // Verify that the stack is unchanged when there is no arrow message
 err = new Error('foo');
 const originalStack = err.stack;
-util.decorateErrorStack(err);
+internalUtil.decorateErrorStack(err);
 assert.strictEqual(originalStack, err.stack);