diff --git a/src/builtins/builtins-console.cc b/src/builtins/builtins-console.cc
index a43fe136d0..a021c8a75b 100644
--- a/src/builtins/builtins-console.cc
+++ b/src/builtins/builtins-console.cc
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ namespace internal {
     if (isolate->console_delegate()) {            \
       debug::ConsoleCallArguments wrapper(args);  \
       isolate->console_delegate()->name(wrapper); \
-      CHECK(!isolate->has_pending_exception());   \
-      CHECK(!isolate->has_scheduled_exception()); \
     }                                             \
     return isolate->heap()->undefined_value();    \
   }
diff --git a/src/d8-console.cc b/src/d8-console.cc
index e4f81b3c2d..9e0d244e78 100644
--- a/src/d8-console.cc
+++ b/src/d8-console.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void WriteToFile(FILE* file, Isolate* isolate,
 
     if (arg->IsSymbol()) arg = Local<Symbol>::Cast(arg)->Name();
     if (!arg->ToString(isolate->GetCurrentContext()).ToLocal(&str_obj)) {
-      Shell::ReportException(isolate, &try_catch);
+      try_catch.ReThrow();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void D8Console::Time(const debug::ConsoleCallArguments& args) {
     Local<String> label;
     v8::TryCatch try_catch(isolate_);
     if (!arg->ToString(isolate_->GetCurrentContext()).ToLocal(&label)) {
-      Shell::ReportException(isolate_, &try_catch);
+      try_catch.ReThrow();
       return;
     }
     v8::String::Utf8Value utf8(label);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void D8Console::TimeEnd(const debug::ConsoleCallArguments& args) {
     Local<String> label;
     v8::TryCatch try_catch(isolate_);
     if (!arg->ToString(isolate_->GetCurrentContext()).ToLocal(&label)) {
-      Shell::ReportException(isolate_, &try_catch);
+      try_catch.ReThrow();
       return;
     }
     v8::String::Utf8Value utf8(label);
diff --git a/test/message/console.js b/test/message/console.js
index f49ce4c608..ceab02e9a7 100644
--- a/test/message/console.js
+++ b/test/message/console.js
@@ -21,5 +21,3 @@ console.warn("warn", { toString: () => 2 });
 console.error("error");
 console.debug("debug");
 console.info("info");
-
-console.info({ toString: () => {throw new Error("exception");} })
diff --git a/test/message/console.out b/test/message/console.out
index 7813ccd025..b32e538941 100644
--- a/test/message/console.out
+++ b/test/message/console.out
@@ -6,10 +6,3 @@ log more
 warn 2
 debug
 info
-*%(basename)s:25: Error: exception
-console.info({ toString: () => {throw new Error("exception");} })
-                                ^
-Error: exception
-    at Object.toString (*%(basename)s:25:39)
-    at console.info (<anonymous>)
-    at *%(basename)s:25:9
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-714696.js b/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-714696.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a911e4778..0000000000
--- a/test/mjsunit/regress/regress-crbug-714696.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-new Intl.v8BreakIterator();
-new Intl.DateTimeFormat();
-console.log({ toString: function() { throw 1; }});
-new Intl.v8BreakIterator();