diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index d5c380febc46e0..ab6659d8cdccc6 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Environment* env,
   if (!(CreateV8Context(env->isolate(), object_template, snapshot_data, queue)
             .ToLocal(&v8_context))) {
     // Allocation failure, maximum call stack size reached, termination, etc.
-    return nullptr;
+    return {};
   }
   return New(v8_context, env, sandbox_obj, options);
 }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
   // things down significantly and they are only needed in rare occasions
   // in the vm contexts.
   if (InitializeContextRuntime(v8_context).IsNothing()) {
-    return nullptr;
+    return {};
   }
 
   Local<Context> main_context = env->context();
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
                   ctor_name,
                   static_cast<v8::PropertyAttribute>(v8::DontEnum))
               .IsNothing()) {
-        return nullptr;
+        return {};
       }
     }
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
                          env->host_defined_option_symbol(),
                          options->host_defined_options_id)
             .IsNothing()) {
-      return nullptr;
+      return {};
     }
 
     env->AssignToContext(v8_context, nullptr, info);
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
     if (!env->contextify_wrapper_template()
              ->NewInstance(v8_context)
              .ToLocal(&wrapper)) {
-      return nullptr;
+      return {};
     }
 
     result = cppgc::MakeGarbageCollected<ContextifyContext>(
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
           ->SetPrivate(
               v8_context, env->contextify_context_private_symbol(), wrapper)
           .IsNothing()) {
-    return nullptr;
+    return {};
   }
 
   // Assign host_defined_options_id to the sandbox object or the global object
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ ContextifyContext* ContextifyContext::New(Local<Context> v8_context,
                        env->host_defined_option_symbol(),
                        options->host_defined_options_id)
           .IsNothing()) {
-    return nullptr;
+    return {};
   }
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/node_contextify.h b/src/node_contextify.h
index 9bce5df1c7c508..9ca611319ce1c5 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.h
+++ b/src/node_contextify.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #if defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS
 
 #include "base_object-inl.h"
-#include "cppgc/prefinalizer.h"
 #include "cppgc_helpers.h"
 #include "node_context_data.h"
 #include "node_errors.h"