diff --git a/src/api.cc b/src/api.cc
index 5d0d4904f7bc..ccafff1c805d 100644
--- a/src/api.cc
+++ b/src/api.cc
@@ -2194,11 +2194,10 @@ MaybeLocal<Script> ScriptCompiler::Compile(Local<Context> context,
   }
   has_pending_exception = result.is_null();
   if (has_pending_exception) isolate->ReportPendingMessages();
-
-  source->Release();
-
   RETURN_ON_FAILED_EXECUTION(Script);
 
+  source->info->clear_script();  // because script goes out of scope.
+
   Local<UnboundScript> generic = ToApiHandle<UnboundScript>(result);
   if (generic.IsEmpty()) return Local<Script>();
   Local<Script> bound = generic->BindToCurrentContext();
diff --git a/src/background-parsing-task.h b/src/background-parsing-task.h
index 54ea6d97a951..bd96ee1f857b 100644
--- a/src/background-parsing-task.h
+++ b/src/background-parsing-task.h
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ struct StreamedSource {
                  ScriptCompiler::StreamedSource::Encoding encoding)
       : source_stream(source_stream), encoding(encoding) {}
 
-  void Release() {
-    parser.reset();
-    info.reset();
-    zone.reset();
-    cached_data.reset();
-    source_stream.reset();
-  }
-
   // Internal implementation of v8::ScriptCompiler::StreamedSource.
   std::unique_ptr<ScriptCompiler::ExternalSourceStream> source_stream;
   ScriptCompiler::StreamedSource::Encoding encoding;