diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 7ec9c846329cce..a3506247906f4a 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -150,11 +150,10 @@ Console.prototype.timeEnd = function timeEnd(label) {
 
 
 Console.prototype.trace = function trace(...args) {
-  // TODO probably can to do this better with V8's debug object once that is
-  // exposed.
-  var err = new Error();
-  err.name = 'Trace';
-  err.message = util.format.apply(null, args);
+  const err = {
+    name: 'Trace',
+    message: util.format.apply(null, args)
+  };
   Error.captureStackTrace(err, trace);
   this.error(err.stack);
 };