1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index 88fd31ad4c..ad00ede974 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -496,14 +496,13 @@ exports.setInterval = function(callback, repeat, arg1, arg2, arg3) {
   return timeout;
 };
 
-exports.clearInterval = function(timer) {
-  if (timer && timer._repeat) {
-    timer._repeat = null;
-    clearTimeout(timer);
-  }
+exports.clearInterval = function clearInterval(timer) {
+  // clearTimeout and clearInterval can be used to clear timers created from
+  // both setTimeout and setInterval, as specified by HTML Living Standard:
+  // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/timers-and-user-prompts.html#dom-setinterval
+  clearTimeout(timer);
 };
 
-
 function unrefdHandle(timer, now) {
   try {
     // Don't attempt to call the callback if it is not a function.