diff --git a/doc/api/stream.markdown b/doc/api/stream.markdown
index 71f0e7ddf0..512466e986 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/stream.markdown
@@ -1026,15 +1026,14 @@ function SimpleProtocol(source, options) {
   // source is a readable stream, such as a socket or file
   this._source = source;
 
-  var self = this;
   source.on('end', () => {
-    self.push(null);
+    this.push(null);
   });
 
   // give it a kick whenever the source is readable
   // read(0) will not consume any bytes
   source.on('readable', () => {
-    self.read(0);
+    this.read(0);
   });
 
   this._rawHeader = [];
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 93ae5c5ca1..a2827df026 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ Socket.prototype.close = function(callback) {
   this._stopReceiving();
   this._handle.close();
   this._handle = null;
-  var self = this;
-  process.nextTick(socketCloseNT, self);
+  process.nextTick(socketCloseNT, this);
 
   return this;
 };
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 25c24a3879..e8fa248c04 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ function createConnection(port, host, options) {
     }
   }
 
-  const self = this;
-  const socket = tls.connect(options, function() {
+  const socket = tls.connect(options, () => {
     if (!options._agentKey)
       return;
 
-    self._cacheSession(options._agentKey, socket.getSession());
+    this._cacheSession(options._agentKey, socket.getSession());
   });
 
   // Evict session on error
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 40d8f27f76..36ca93c494 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ Socket.prototype.read = function(n) {
 
 Socket.prototype.listen = function() {
   debug('socket.listen');
-  var self = this;
-  self.on('connection', arguments[0]);
-  listen(self, null, null, null);
+  this.on('connection', arguments[0]);
+  listen(this, null, null, null);
 };
 
 
@@ -883,7 +882,6 @@ Socket.prototype.connect = function(options, cb) {
     this._sockname = null;
   }
 
-  var self = this;
   var pipe = !!options.path;
   debug('pipe', pipe, options.path);
 
@@ -893,21 +891,20 @@ Socket.prototype.connect = function(options, cb) {
   }
 
   if (typeof cb === 'function') {
-    self.once('connect', cb);
+    this.once('connect', cb);
   }
 
   this._unrefTimer();
 
-  self._connecting = true;
-  self.writable = true;
+  this._connecting = true;
+  this.writable = true;
 
   if (pipe) {
-    connect(self, options.path);
-
+    connect(this, options.path);
   } else {
-    lookupAndConnect(self, options);
+    lookupAndConnect(this, options);
   }
-  return self;
+  return this;
 };
 
 
@@ -1194,11 +1191,10 @@ exports._createServerHandle = createServerHandle;
 
 Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
   debug('listen2', address, port, addressType, backlog, fd);
-  var self = this;
 
   // If there is not yet a handle, we need to create one and bind.
   // In the case of a server sent via IPC, we don't need to do this.
-  if (self._handle) {
+  if (this._handle) {
     debug('_listen2: have a handle already');
   } else {
     debug('_listen2: create a handle');
@@ -1223,22 +1219,22 @@ Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
 
     if (typeof rval === 'number') {
       var error = exceptionWithHostPort(rval, 'listen', address, port);
-      process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, self, error);
+      process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, this, error);
       return;
     }
-    self._handle = rval;
+    this._handle = rval;
   }
 
-  self._handle.onconnection = onconnection;
-  self._handle.owner = self;
+  this._handle.onconnection = onconnection;
+  this._handle.owner = this;
 
-  var err = _listen(self._handle, backlog);
+  var err = _listen(this._handle, backlog);
 
   if (err) {
     var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'listen', address, port);
-    self._handle.close();
-    self._handle = null;
-    process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, self, ex);
+    this._handle.close();
+    this._handle = null;
+    process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, this, ex);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -1249,7 +1245,7 @@ Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
   if (this._unref)
     this.unref();
 
-  process.nextTick(emitListeningNT, self);
+  process.nextTick(emitListeningNT, this);
 };
 
 
@@ -1509,15 +1505,14 @@ Server.prototype.close = function(cb) {
 
 Server.prototype._emitCloseIfDrained = function() {
   debug('SERVER _emitCloseIfDrained');
-  var self = this;
 
-  if (self._handle || self._connections) {
+  if (this._handle || this._connections) {
     debug('SERVER handle? %j   connections? %d',
-          !!self._handle, self._connections);
+          !!this._handle, this._connections);
     return;
   }
 
-  process.nextTick(emitCloseNT, self);
+  process.nextTick(emitCloseNT, this);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 6375ab2d24..05585eb034 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ function regexpEscape(s) {
 REPLServer.prototype.convertToContext = function(cmd) {
   const scopeVar = /^\s*var\s*([_\w\$]+)(.*)$/m;
   const scopeFunc = /^\s*function\s*([_\w\$]+)/;
-  var self = this, matches;
+  var matches;
 
   // Replaces: var foo = "bar";  with: self.context.foo = bar;
   matches = scopeVar.exec(cmd);
@@ -1117,9 +1117,9 @@ REPLServer.prototype.convertToContext = function(cmd) {
   }
 
   // Replaces: function foo() {};  with: foo = function foo() {};
-  matches = scopeFunc.exec(self.bufferedCommand);
+  matches = scopeFunc.exec(this.bufferedCommand);
   if (matches && matches.length === 2) {
-    return matches[1] + ' = ' + self.bufferedCommand;
+    return matches[1] + ' = ' + this.bufferedCommand;
   }
 
   return cmd;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib.js
index 1256d94a61..305d28865d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-zlib.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib.js
@@ -125,11 +125,10 @@ SlowStream.prototype.resume = function() {
 
 SlowStream.prototype.end = function(chunk) {
   // walk over the chunk in blocks.
-  var self = this;
-  self.chunk = chunk;
-  self.length = chunk.length;
-  self.resume();
-  return self.ended;
+  this.chunk = chunk;
+  this.length = chunk.length;
+  this.resume();
+  return this.ended;
 };