diff --git a/js/src/jscntxt.cpp b/js/src/jscntxt.cpp
index f4a19ec2e123..d76fd6fc1dd2 100644
--- a/js/src/jscntxt.cpp
+++ b/js/src/jscntxt.cpp
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ JSThreadData::mark(JSTracer *trc)
 void
 JSThreadData::purge(JSContext *cx)
 {
-    cachedIteratorObject = NULL;
-
     purgeGCFreeLists();
 
     js_PurgeGSNCache(&gsnCache);
diff --git a/js/src/jscntxt.h b/js/src/jscntxt.h
index 4d53a6fd3f30..38175a5bca57 100644
--- a/js/src/jscntxt.h
+++ b/js/src/jscntxt.h
@@ -567,12 +567,6 @@ struct JSThreadData {
 
     jsuword             nativeEnumCache[NATIVE_ENUM_CACHE_SIZE];
 
-    /*
-     * One-entry deep cache of iterator objects. We deposit here the last
-     * iterator that was freed in JSOP_ENDITER.
-     */
-    JSObject           *cachedIteratorObject;
-
     bool init();
     void finish();
     void mark(JSTracer *trc);
diff --git a/js/src/jsiter.cpp b/js/src/jsiter.cpp
index d6ad56a535c7..9a7b03a0be11 100644
--- a/js/src/jsiter.cpp
+++ b/js/src/jsiter.cpp
@@ -391,19 +391,16 @@ js_ValueToIterator(JSContext *cx, uintN flags, jsval *vp)
         if (JSVAL_IS_VOID(*vp)) {
           default_iter:
             /*
-             * Fail over to the default enumerating native iterator. These objects
-             * never escape, so we don't care for the proper parent or proto to
-             * be set. Furthermore we re-use the last cached iterator object, if
-             * possible.
+             * Fail over to the default enumerating native iterator.
+             *
+             * Create iterobj with a NULL parent to ensure that we use the
+             * correct scope chain to lookup the iterator's constructor. Since
+             * we use the parent slot to keep track of the iterable, we must
+             * fix it up after.
              */
-            iterobj = JS_THREAD_DATA(cx)->cachedIteratorObject;
-            if (iterobj) {
-                JS_THREAD_DATA(cx)->cachedIteratorObject = NULL;
-            } else {
-                iterobj = js_NewObjectWithGivenProto(cx, &js_IteratorClass, NULL, NULL);
-                if (!iterobj)
-                    return false;
-            }
+            iterobj = js_NewObject(cx, &js_IteratorClass, NULL, NULL);
+            if (!iterobj)
+                return false;
 
             /* Store in *vp to protect it from GC (callers must root vp). */
             *vp = OBJECT_TO_JSVAL(iterobj);
@@ -437,7 +434,6 @@ js_CloseIterator(JSContext *cx, jsval v)
 
     if (clasp == &js_IteratorClass) {
         js_CloseNativeIterator(cx, obj);
-        JS_THREAD_DATA(cx)->cachedIteratorObject = obj;
     }
 #if JS_HAS_GENERATORS
     else if (clasp == &js_GeneratorClass) {