diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 741f568259a1a6..b8b60e97adcd17 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -441,8 +441,12 @@ class ContextifyContext {
 
     Maybe<bool> success = ctx->sandbox()->Delete(ctx->context(), property);
 
-    if (success.IsJust())
-      args.GetReturnValue().Set(success.FromJust());
+    if (success.FromMaybe(false))
+      return;
+
+    // Delete failed on the sandbox, intercept and do not delete on
+    // the global object.
+    args.GetReturnValue().Set(false);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/test/known_issues/test-vm-deleting-property.js b/test/parallel/test-vm-deleting-property.js
similarity index 88%
rename from test/known_issues/test-vm-deleting-property.js
rename to test/parallel/test-vm-deleting-property.js
index cda3371a33bf16..994aa0aff94f2d 100644
--- a/test/known_issues/test-vm-deleting-property.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vm-deleting-property.js
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ const res = vm.runInContext(`
   Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(this, 'x');
 `, context);
 
-assert.strictEqual(res.value, undefined);
+assert.strictEqual(res, undefined);