diff --git a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
index 9b86f20053da3b..89428cf916aa29 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
@@ -57,21 +57,13 @@ const { exitCodes: { kNoFailure } } = internalBinding('errors');
 
 const binding = internalBinding('process_methods');
 
-let hrValues;
-let hrBigintValues;
-
-function refreshHrtimeBuffer() {
-  // The 3 entries filled in by the original process.hrtime contains
-  // the upper/lower 32 bits of the second part of the value,
-  // and the remaining nanoseconds of the value.
-  hrValues = binding.hrtimeBuffer;
-  // Use a BigUint64Array in the closure because this is actually a bit
-  // faster than simply returning a BigInt from C++ in V8 7.1.
-  hrBigintValues = new BigUint64Array(binding.hrtimeBuffer.buffer, 0, 1);
-}
-
-// Create the buffers.
-refreshHrtimeBuffer();
+// The 3 entries filled in by the original process.hrtime contains
+// the upper/lower 32 bits of the second part of the value,
+// and the remaining nanoseconds of the value.
+const hrValues = binding.hrtimeBuffer;
+// Use a BigUint64Array because this is actually a bit
+// faster than simply returning a BigInt from C++ in V8 7.1.
+const hrBigintValues = new BigUint64Array(binding.hrtimeBuffer.buffer, 0, 1);
 
 function hrtime(time) {
   binding.hrtime();
@@ -425,5 +417,4 @@ module.exports = {
   wrapProcessMethods,
   hrtime,
   hrtimeBigInt,
-  refreshHrtimeBuffer,
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/process/pre_execution.js
index ef1e2309c30409..09950bf9ed9ad5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/pre_execution.js
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ function patchProcessObject(expandArgv1) {
   const binding = internalBinding('process_methods');
   binding.patchProcessObject(process);
 
-  require('internal/process/per_thread').refreshHrtimeBuffer();
-
   // Since we replace process.argv[0] below, preserve the original value in case the user needs it.
   ObjectDefineProperty(process, 'argv0', {
     __proto__: null,