diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
index 5b5199c262ae3b..cda94987fad210 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const {
   CHAR_HASH,
 } = require('internal/constants');
 
+const { getOptions } = internalBinding('options');
+
 // Invoke with makeRequireFunction(module) where |module| is the Module object
 // to use as the context for the require() function.
 function makeRequireFunction(mod) {
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ const builtinLibs = [
   'v8', 'vm', 'zlib'
 ];
 
-if (process.binding('config').experimentalWorker) {
+if (getOptions('--experimental-worker')) {
   builtinLibs.push('worker_threads');
   builtinLibs.sort();
 }