diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 2359cb36e011d0..466d1ce978c08a 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -2,100 +2,86 @@
 
 const util = require('util');
 
-function Console(stdout, stderr) {
-  if (!(this instanceof Console)) {
-    return new Console(stdout, stderr);
-  }
-  if (!stdout || typeof stdout.write !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('Console expects a writable stream instance');
-  }
-  if (!stderr) {
-    stderr = stdout;
-  } else if (typeof stderr.write !== 'function') {
-    throw new TypeError('Console expects writable stream instances');
+class Console {
+  constructor(stdout, stderr) {
+    if (!stdout || typeof stdout.write !== 'function')
+      throw new TypeError('Console expects a writable stream instance');
+
+    if (!stderr)
+      stderr = stdout;
+    else if (typeof stderr.write !== 'function')
+      throw new TypeError('Console expects writable stream instances');
+
+    this._stdout = stdout;
+    this._stderr = stderr;
+    this._times = new Map();
+
+    const methods = [
+      'log', 'info', 'warn',
+      'error', 'dir', 'time',
+      'timeEnd', 'trace', 'assert'
+    ];
+
+    methods.forEach((method) => {
+      this[method] = this[method].bind(this);
+    });
   }
 
-  var prop = {
-    writable: true,
-    enumerable: false,
-    configurable: true
-  };
-  prop.value = stdout;
-  Object.defineProperty(this, '_stdout', prop);
-  prop.value = stderr;
-  Object.defineProperty(this, '_stderr', prop);
-  prop.value = new Map();
-  Object.defineProperty(this, '_times', prop);
-
-  // bind the prototype functions to this Console instance
-  var keys = Object.keys(Console.prototype);
-  for (var v = 0; v < keys.length; v++) {
-    var k = keys[v];
-    this[k] = this[k].bind(this);
+  // As of v8 5.0.71.32, the combination of rest param, template string
+  // and .apply(null, args) benchmarks consistently faster than using
+  // the spread operator when calling util.format.
+  log(...args) {
+    this._stdout.write(`${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`);
   }
-}
-
-
-// As of v8 5.0.71.32, the combination of rest param, template string
-// and .apply(null, args) benchmarks consistently faster than using
-// the spread operator when calling util.format.
-Console.prototype.log = function(...args) {
-  this._stdout.write(`${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`);
-};
-
-
-Console.prototype.info = Console.prototype.log;
-
-
-Console.prototype.warn = function(...args) {
-  this._stderr.write(`${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`);
-};
-
-
-Console.prototype.error = Console.prototype.warn;
 
+  info(...args) {
+    this.log.apply(this, args);
+  }
 
-Console.prototype.dir = function(object, options) {
-  options = Object.assign({customInspect: false}, options);
-  this._stdout.write(`${util.inspect(object, options)}\n`);
-};
+  warn(...args) {
+    this._stderr.write(`${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`);
+  }
 
+  error(...args) {
+    this.warn.apply(this, args);
+  }
 
-Console.prototype.time = function(label) {
-  this._times.set(label, process.hrtime());
-};
+  dir(object, options) {
+    options = Object.assign({customInspect: false}, options);
+    this._stdout.write(`${util.inspect(object, options)}\n`);
+  }
 
+  time(label) {
+    this._times.set(label, process.hrtime());
+  }
 
-Console.prototype.timeEnd = function(label) {
-  const time = this._times.get(label);
-  if (!time) {
-    process.emitWarning(`No such label '${label}' for console.timeEnd()`);
-    return;
+  timeEnd(label) {
+    const time = this._times.get(label);
+    if (!time) {
+      process.emitWarning(`No such label '${label}' for console.timeEnd()`);
+      return;
+    }
+    const duration = process.hrtime(time);
+    const ms = duration[0] * 1000 + duration[1] / 1e6;
+    this.log('%s: %sms', label, ms.toFixed(3));
+    this._times.delete(label);
   }
-  const duration = process.hrtime(time);
-  const ms = duration[0] * 1000 + duration[1] / 1e6;
-  this.log('%s: %sms', label, ms.toFixed(3));
-  this._times.delete(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);
-  Error.captureStackTrace(err, trace);
-  this.error(err.stack);
-};
-
-
-Console.prototype.assert = function(expression, ...args) {
-  if (!expression) {
-    require('assert').ok(false, util.format.apply(null, args));
+
+  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);
+    Error.captureStackTrace(err, this.trace);
+    this.error(err.stack);
   }
-};
 
+  assert(expression, ...args) {
+    if (!expression)
+      require('assert').ok(false, util.format.apply(null, args));
+  }
+}
 
 module.exports = new Console(process.stdout, process.stderr);
 module.exports.Console = Console;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js b/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
index b8d9880865530b..2a8a6e3678f58a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
@@ -64,8 +64,3 @@ out.write = function(d) {
 };
 [1, 2, 3].forEach(c.log);
 assert.equal(3, called);
-
-// Console() detects if it is called without `new` keyword
-assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
-  Console(out, err);
-});