diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 8ca9b211394ba8..e59ac3fdc3ce83 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 
 const {
   ArrayPrototypeIndexOf,
+  ArrayPrototypeForEach,
   ArrayPrototypeJoin,
   ArrayPrototypePush,
   ArrayPrototypeShift,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
+  ArrayPrototypeSome,
   Error,
   ErrorCaptureStackTrace,
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ function getErrMessage(message, fn) {
   }
 }
 
-function innerOk(fn, argLen, value, message) {
+function innerOk(fn, { length: argLen, 0: value, 1: message }) {
   if (!value) {
     let generatedMessage = false;
 
@@ -403,7 +405,7 @@ function innerOk(fn, argLen, value, message) {
 // Pure assertion tests whether a value is truthy, as determined
 // by !!value.
 function ok(...args) {
-  innerOk(ok, args.length, ...args);
+  innerOk(ok, args);
 }
 assert.ok = ok;
 
@@ -543,7 +545,7 @@ assert.notStrictEqual = function notStrictEqual(actual, expected, message) {
 
 class Comparison {
   constructor(obj, keys, actual) {
-    for (const key of keys) {
+    ArrayPrototypeForEach(keys, (key) => {
       if (key in obj) {
         if (actual !== undefined &&
             typeof actual[key] === 'string' &&
@@ -554,7 +556,7 @@ class Comparison {
           this[key] = obj[key];
         }
       }
-    }
+    });
   }
 }
 
@@ -626,14 +628,13 @@ function expectedException(actual, expected, message, fn) {
                                         expected, 'may not be an empty object');
       }
       if (isDeepEqual === undefined) lazyLoadComparison();
-      for (const key of keys) {
-        if (typeof actual[key] === 'string' &&
-            isRegExp(expected[key]) &&
-            RegExpPrototypeTest(expected[key], actual[key])) {
-          continue;
+      ArrayPrototypeForEach(keys, (key) => {
+        if (typeof actual[key] !== 'string' ||
+            !isRegExp(expected[key]) ||
+            !RegExpPrototypeTest(expected[key], actual[key])) {
+          compareExceptionKey(actual, expected, key, message, keys, fn);
         }
-        compareExceptionKey(actual, expected, key, message, keys, fn);
-      }
+      });
       return;
     }
   // Guard instanceof against arrow functions as they don't have a prototype.
@@ -739,9 +740,9 @@ async function waitForActual(promiseFn) {
   return NO_EXCEPTION_SENTINEL;
 }
 
-function expectsError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
+function expectsError(stackStartFn, actual, { 0: error, 1: message, length }) {
   if (typeof error === 'string') {
-    if (arguments.length === 4) {
+    if (length === 2) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('error',
                                      ['Object', 'Error', 'Function', 'RegExp'],
                                      error);
@@ -811,7 +812,7 @@ function hasMatchingError(actual, expected) {
   return ReflectApply(expected, {}, [actual]) === true;
 }
 
-function expectsNoError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
+function expectsNoError(stackStartFn, actual, { 0: error, 1: message }) {
   if (actual === NO_EXCEPTION_SENTINEL)
     return;
 
@@ -837,19 +838,19 @@ function expectsNoError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
 }
 
 assert.throws = function throws(promiseFn, ...args) {
-  expectsError(throws, getActual(promiseFn), ...args);
+  expectsError(throws, getActual(promiseFn), args);
 };
 
 assert.rejects = async function rejects(promiseFn, ...args) {
-  expectsError(rejects, await waitForActual(promiseFn), ...args);
+  expectsError(rejects, await waitForActual(promiseFn), args);
 };
 
 assert.doesNotThrow = function doesNotThrow(fn, ...args) {
-  expectsNoError(doesNotThrow, getActual(fn), ...args);
+  expectsNoError(doesNotThrow, getActual(fn), args);
 };
 
 assert.doesNotReject = async function doesNotReject(fn, ...args) {
-  expectsNoError(doesNotReject, await waitForActual(fn), ...args);
+  expectsNoError(doesNotReject, await waitForActual(fn), args);
 };
 
 assert.ifError = function ifError(err) {
@@ -884,15 +885,15 @@ assert.ifError = function ifError(err) {
       ArrayPrototypeShift(tmp2);
       // Filter all frames existing in err.stack.
       let tmp1 = StringPrototypeSplit(newErr.stack, '\n');
-      for (const errFrame of tmp2) {
+      ArrayPrototypeSome(tmp2, (errFrame) => {
         // Find the first occurrence of the frame.
         const pos = ArrayPrototypeIndexOf(tmp1, errFrame);
         if (pos !== -1) {
           // Only keep new frames.
           tmp1 = ArrayPrototypeSlice(tmp1, 0, pos);
-          break;
+          return true;
         }
-      }
+      });
       newErr.stack =
         `${ArrayPrototypeJoin(tmp1, '\n')}\n${ArrayPrototypeJoin(tmp2, '\n')}`;
     }
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ assert.CallTracker = CallTracker;
 
 // Expose a strict only variant of assert
 function strict(...args) {
-  innerOk(strict, args.length, ...args);
+  innerOk(strict, args);
 }
 assert.strict = ObjectAssign(strict, assert, {
   equal: assert.strictEqual,