2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 6963ef4130..a37329caf2 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const { codes: {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
   ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE
 } } = require('internal/errors');
-const { AssertionError } = require('internal/assert');
+const AssertionError = require('internal/assert/assertion_error');
 const { openSync, closeSync, readSync } = require('fs');
 const { inspect, types: { isPromise, isRegExp } } = require('util');
 const { EOL } = require('internal/constants');
diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
index 4e059db6b9..a13a610da1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
@@ -405,6 +405,4 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  AssertionError
-};
+module.exports = AssertionError;