diff --git a/src/core/Iterable.pm b/src/core/Iterable.pm
index 838612208bc..2c4a1ee80fb 100644
--- a/src/core/Iterable.pm
+++ b/src/core/Iterable.pm
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ my role Iterable {
     multi method SetHash(Iterable:D:) { SETIFY(self,SetHash) }
 }
 
-#?if jvm
+#?if !moar
 nqp::p6setitertype(Iterable);
 #?endif
 
diff --git a/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp b/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
index 78dc1aec164..04dee35b5d4 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
+++ b/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ $ops.add_simple_op('p6setautothreader', $ops.VOID, [$ops.OBJ], sub ($autothreade
     "nqp.p6binder.set_autothreader($*CTX, null, nqp.p6binder, $autothreader)"
 }, :side_effects);
 
-$ops.add_simple_op('p6setitertype', $ops.VOID, [$ops.OBJ], sub ($iterable) {
-    "nqp.p6binder.set_iterable($*CTX, null, nqp.p6binder, $iterable)"
-}, :side_effects);
+$ops.add_simple_op('p6setitertype', $ops.VOID, [$ops.OBJ], :side_effects);
 
 $ops.add_simple_op('p6trialbind', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ, $ops.OBJ, $ops.OBJ], :!inlinable, sub ($sig, $args, $sig_flags) {
         "nqp.p6binder.trial_bind($*CTX, null, nqp.p6binder, $sig, $args, $sig_flags)"
diff --git a/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js b/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
index de16bbde155..0c339cb296c 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
+++ b/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module.exports.load = function(nqp, CodeRef, Capture, containerSpecs) {
 
   let Scalar, True, False, Int, Num, Str, Code, Mu, Any, ContainerDescriptor, Routine;
 
+  let Iterable;
+
   let defaultContainerDescriptor;
 
   op.p6settypes = function(types) {
@@ -227,6 +229,11 @@ module.exports.load = function(nqp, CodeRef, Capture, containerSpecs) {
     return value;
   };
 
+  op.p6setitertype = function(type) {
+    Iterable = type;
+    return type;
+  };
+
   op.p6store = function(ctx, cont, value) {
     if (cont.$$assign) {
       cont.$$assign(ctx, value.$$decont(ctx));