diff --git a/lib/perf_hooks.js b/lib/perf_hooks.js
index c2b31f55cda..7429db38fd7 100644
--- a/lib/perf_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/perf_hooks.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ const {
   NODE_PERFORMANCE_MILESTONE_ENVIRONMENT
 } = constants;
 
-const { AsyncResource } = require('async_hooks');
 const L = require('internal/linkedlist');
 const kInspect = require('internal/util').customInspectSymbol;
 
@@ -340,12 +339,11 @@ class PerformanceObserverEntryList {
   }
 }
 
-class PerformanceObserver extends AsyncResource {
+class PerformanceObserver {
   constructor(callback) {
     if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK(callback);
     }
-    super('PerformanceObserver');
     ObjectDefineProperties(this, {
       [kTypes]: {
         enumerable: false,
@@ -553,10 +551,7 @@ function getObserversList(type) {
 
 function doNotify(observer) {
   observer[kQueued] = false;
-  observer.runInAsyncScope(observer[kCallback],
-                           observer,
-                           observer[kBuffer],
-                           observer);
+  observer[kCallback](observer[kBuffer], observer);
   observer[kBuffer][kEntries] = [];
   L.init(observer[kBuffer][kEntries]);
 }