diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/Job.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/Job.kt
index fe834b21f6..2c66c5a2d5 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/Job.kt
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/Job.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ * Copyright 2016-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
  */
 
 @file:JvmMultifileClass
@@ -113,16 +113,7 @@ public interface Job : CoroutineContext.Element {
     /**
      * Key for [Job] instance in the coroutine context.
      */
-    public companion object Key : CoroutineContext.Key<Job> {
-        init {
-            /*
-             * Here we make sure that CoroutineExceptionHandler is always initialized in advance, so
-             * that if a coroutine fails due to StackOverflowError we don't fail to report this error
-             * trying to initialize CoroutineExceptionHandler
-             */
-            CoroutineExceptionHandler
-        }
-    }
+    public companion object Key : CoroutineContext.Key<Job>
 
     // ------------ state query ------------