diff --git a/src/api/environment.cc b/src/api/environment.cc
index 57d05c963df348..b3c9ed72d21a94 100644
--- a/src/api/environment.cc
+++ b/src/api/environment.cc
@@ -712,7 +712,8 @@ ThreadId AllocateEnvironmentThreadId() {
 }
 
 void DefaultProcessExitHandler(Environment* env, int exit_code) {
-  Stop(env);
+  env->set_can_call_into_js(false);
+  env->stop_sub_worker_contexts();
   DisposePlatform();
   uv_library_shutdown();
   exit(exit_code);
diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index 4411a46b9ca726..7e177e3b86dcb9 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -550,10 +550,9 @@ void Environment::InitializeLibuv(bool start_profiler_idle_notifier) {
   }
 }
 
-void Environment::Stop() {
+void Environment::ExitEnv() {
   set_can_call_into_js(false);
   set_stopping(true);
-  stop_sub_worker_contexts();
   isolate_->TerminateExecution();
   SetImmediateThreadsafe([](Environment* env) { uv_stop(env->event_loop()); });
 }
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index d0c0a187962fba..ce64756883eccb 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ class Environment : public MemoryRetainer {
   void RegisterHandleCleanups();
   void CleanupHandles();
   void Exit(int code);
-  void Stop();
+  void ExitEnv();
 
   // Register clean-up cb to be called on environment destruction.
   inline void RegisterHandleCleanup(uv_handle_t* handle,
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 00ae36cc0fe669..46e8f74cc286f7 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ int Start(int argc, char** argv) {
 }
 
 int Stop(Environment* env) {
-  env->Stop();
+  env->ExitEnv();
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 2fda6d125e7e09..e41af9d2c0c49e 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ class Environment;
 NODE_EXTERN int Start(int argc, char* argv[]);
 
 // Tear down Node.js while it is running (there are active handles
-// in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code). This also stops
-// all Workers that may have been started earlier.
+// in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code).
 NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env);
 
 // TODO(addaleax): Officially deprecate this and replace it with something
@@ -469,8 +468,8 @@ NODE_EXTERN void FreeEnvironment(Environment* env);
 // It receives the Environment* instance and the exit code as arguments.
 // This could e.g. call Stop(env); in order to terminate execution and stop
 // the event loop.
-// The default handler calls Stop(), disposes of the global V8 platform
-// instance, if one is being used, and calls exit().
+// The default handler disposes of the global V8 platform instance, if one is
+// being used, and calls exit().
 NODE_EXTERN void SetProcessExitHandler(
     Environment* env,
     std::function<void(Environment*, int)>&& handler);