diff --git a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
index 1a528752041..92407d067cd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/check_syntax.js
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ const {
 
 const { pathToFileURL } = require('url');
 
-const {
-  stripShebangOrBOM,
-} = require('internal/modules/cjs/helpers');
-
 const {
   Module: {
     _resolveFilename: resolveCJSModuleName,
@@ -68,5 +64,5 @@ function checkSyntax(source, filename) {
     }
   }
 
-  wrapSafe(filename, stripShebangOrBOM(source));
+  wrapSafe(filename, source);
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
index c3bfc2c35cd..71abcbf880e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
@@ -52,37 +52,6 @@ function stripBOM(content) {
   return content;
 }
 
-/**
- * Find end of shebang line and slice it off
- */
-function stripShebang(content) {
-  // Remove shebang
-  if (content.charAt(0) === '#' && content.charAt(1) === '!') {
-    // Find end of shebang line and slice it off
-    let index = content.indexOf('\n', 2);
-    if (index === -1)
-      return '';
-    if (content.charAt(index - 1) === '\r')
-      index--;
-    // Note that this actually includes the newline character(s) in the
-    // new output. This duplicates the behavior of the regular expression
-    // that was previously used to replace the shebang line.
-    content = content.slice(index);
-  }
-  return content;
-}
-
-// Strip either the shebang or UTF BOM of a file.
-// Note that this only processes one. If both occur in
-// either order, the one that comes second is not
-// significant.
-function stripShebangOrBOM(content) {
-  if (content.charCodeAt(0) === 0xFEFF) {
-    return content.slice(1);
-  }
-  return stripShebang(content);
-}
-
 const builtinLibs = [
   'assert', 'async_hooks', 'buffer', 'child_process', 'cluster', 'crypto',
   'dgram', 'dns', 'domain', 'events', 'fs', 'http', 'http2', 'https', 'net',
@@ -148,6 +117,4 @@ module.exports = {
   makeRequireFunction,
   normalizeReferrerURL,
   stripBOM,
-  stripShebang,
-  stripShebangOrBOM,
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 27f8c8912a9..5cb88da1892 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const {
   makeRequireFunction,
   normalizeReferrerURL,
   stripBOM,
-  stripShebangOrBOM,
 } = require('internal/modules/cjs/helpers');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
@@ -745,9 +744,6 @@ Module.prototype._compile = function(content, filename) {
     manifest.assertIntegrity(moduleURL, content);
   }
 
-  // Strip after manifest integrity check
-  content = stripShebangOrBOM(content);
-
   const compiledWrapper = wrapSafe(filename, content);
 
   var inspectorWrapper = null;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang-shebang.js b/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang-shebang.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cf986dff27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang-shebang.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!shebang
+#!shebang
+module.exports = 42;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang.js b/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d0495f04552..00000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!shebang
-module.exports = 42;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-modules-strip-shebang.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-modules-strip-shebang.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c23848a969..00000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-modules-strip-shebang.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Flags: --expose-internals
-'use strict';
-require('../common');
-
-const assert = require('assert');
-const stripShebang = require('internal/modules/cjs/helpers').stripShebang;
-
-[
-  ['', ''],
-  ['aa', 'aa'],
-  ['#!', ''],
-  ['#!bin/bash', ''],
-  ['#!bin/bash\naa', '\naa'],
-].forEach((i) => assert.strictEqual(stripShebang(i[0]), i[1]));
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index 94acdb191b9..2e55eb29369 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(require('../fixtures/utf8-bom.json'), 42);
 // Loading files with BOM + shebang.
 // See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/27767
 assert.throws(() => {
-  require('../fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang.js');
+  require('../fixtures/utf8-bom-shebang-shebang.js');
 }, { name: 'SyntaxError' });
 assert.strictEqual(require('../fixtures/utf8-shebang-bom.js'), 42);