diff --git a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeString.java b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeString.java
index 421de70dd1..f2b128f07f 100644
--- a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeString.java
+++ b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeString.java
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@ else if (Normalizer.Form.NFC.name().equals(formStr))
                                 }
                             }
 
-                            Object matcher = getPropSymbolMatchAll(cx, scope, regexp);
+                            Object matcher =
+                                    ScriptRuntime.getObjectElem(
+                                            regexp, SymbolKey.MATCH_ALL, cx, scope);
                             // If method is not undefined, it should be a Callable
                             if (matcher != null && !Undefined.isUndefined(matcher)) {
                                 if (!(matcher instanceof Callable)) {
@@ -907,7 +909,8 @@ else if (Normalizer.Form.NFC.name().equals(formStr))
                         Object compiledRegExp = regExpProxy.compileRegExp(cx, regexpToString, "g");
                         Scriptable rx = regExpProxy.wrapRegExp(cx, scope, compiledRegExp);
 
-                        Object method = getPropSymbolMatchAll(cx, scope, rx);
+                        Object method =
+                                ScriptRuntime.getObjectElem(rx, SymbolKey.MATCH_ALL, cx, scope);
                         if (!(method instanceof Callable)) {
                             throw ScriptRuntime.notFunctionError(
                                     rx, method, SymbolKey.MATCH_ALL.getName());
@@ -920,13 +923,6 @@ else if (Normalizer.Form.NFC.name().equals(formStr))
         }
     }
 
-    private static Object getPropSymbolMatchAll(Context cx, Scriptable scope, Object object) {
-        // Technically this _could_ fail if someone removed Symbol... but that's really an edge case
-        Scriptable symbol = (Scriptable) ScriptRuntime.name(cx, scope, "Symbol");
-        Symbol symbolMatchAll = (Symbol) ScriptRuntime.getObjectProp(symbol, "matchAll", cx, scope);
-        return ScriptRuntime.getObjectElem(object, symbolMatchAll, cx, scope);
-    }
-
     private static NativeString realThis(Scriptable thisObj, IdFunctionObject f) {
         return ensureType(thisObj, NativeString.class, f);
     }