diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ScenarioEngine.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ScenarioEngine.java
index 8c5361590..eb8a8eb68 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ScenarioEngine.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ScenarioEngine.java
@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ public static ScenarioEngine forTempUse(HttpClientFactory hcf) {
 
     private static final ThreadLocal<ScenarioEngine> THREAD_LOCAL = new ThreadLocal<ScenarioEngine>();
 
-    public static boolean isOnSameThreadAs(Value value) {
-        ScenarioEngine se = get();
-        if (se == null || se.JS == null) {
-            return false;
-        }        
-        return se.JS.context.equals(value.getContext());
-    }
-    
     public static ScenarioEngine get() {
         return THREAD_LOCAL.get();
     }
diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/graal/JsValue.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/graal/JsValue.java
index 6b9f3cc57..52c23b4a2 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/graal/JsValue.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/graal/JsValue.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 package com.intuit.karate.graal;
 
 import com.intuit.karate.JsonUtils;
-import com.intuit.karate.core.ScenarioEngine;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -305,9 +304,6 @@ public Object execute(Value... args) {
             for (int i = 0; i < newArgs.length; i++) {
                 newArgs[i] = JsValue.fromJava(args[i]);
             }
-            if (ScenarioEngine.isOnSameThreadAs(v)) {
-                return new JsValue(v.execute(newArgs)).value;
-            }
             synchronized (LOCK) {
                 return new JsValue(v.execute(newArgs)).value;
             }
@@ -327,9 +323,6 @@ public Object newInstance(Value... args) {
             for (int i = 0; i < newArgs.length; i++) {
                 newArgs[i] = JsValue.fromJava(args[i]);
             }
-            if (ScenarioEngine.isOnSameThreadAs(v)) {
-                return new JsValue(v.execute(newArgs)).value;
-            }
             synchronized (LOCK) {
                 return new JsValue(v.execute(newArgs)).value;
             }