diff --git a/proto/status_pb.js b/proto/status_pb.js
index 417ea6fac76d3353fc76dc41a5163a25d9aa15ec..b6dbb754a20e963b674cfb94c51989a1fe10f5f9 100644
--- a/proto/status_pb.js
+++ b/proto/status_pb.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 var jspb = require('google-protobuf');
 var goog = jspb;
-var global = (function() { return this || window || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);
+var global = (function() { return this || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);
 
 var google_protobuf_any_pb = require('google-protobuf/google/protobuf/any_pb.js');
 goog.object.extend(proto, google_protobuf_any_pb);
diff --git a/runtime/closure/v8.js b/runtime/closure/v8.js
index 511ed9ec75cedc4b1c0da945eb57683165adb8cd..5d8e83c22e5e9057934cec0df268325946c312ca 100644
--- a/runtime/closure/v8.js
+++ b/runtime/closure/v8.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 // As a side-effect of importing this file, we must enable the --allow-natives-syntax V8 flag. This
 // is because we are using V8 intrinsics in order to implement this module.
 const v8 = __importStar(require("v8"));
-v8.setFlagsFromString("--allow-natives-syntax");
+// v8.setFlagsFromString("--allow-natives-syntax");
 const util = __importStar(require("util"));
 const vm = __importStar(require("vm"));
 const v8Hooks = __importStar(require("./v8Hooks"));
diff --git a/runtime/closure/v8Hooks.js b/runtime/closure/v8Hooks.js
index 748aa56a1542d49bde4ef31adf3063e4b3e5acd3..c8c25641e852990f7cd11c66b6785e66e172ce8d 100644
--- a/runtime/closure/v8Hooks.js
+++ b/runtime/closure/v8Hooks.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 // Otherwise, information may not be known when needed.  This module is only intended for use on
 // Node v11 and higher.
 const v8 = __importStar(require("v8"));
-v8.setFlagsFromString("--allow-natives-syntax");
+// v8.setFlagsFromString("--allow-natives-syntax");
 let session = undefined;
 function getSession() {
     if (session !== undefined) {