diff --git a/src/core/REPL.pm6 b/src/core/REPL.pm6
index 5dd7ae9d1ff..9ed2712feae 100644
--- a/src/core/REPL.pm6
+++ b/src/core/REPL.pm6
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ do {
                 return $!control-not-allowed;
             }
 
-            exit if $code.chomp eq "quit";
             self.compiler.eval($code, |%adverbs);
         }