diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/constants.js b/packages/babel-types/src/constants.js
index 8d764200c1..275b6cfcf5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/constants.js
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ export const INHERIT_KEYS = {
   force: ["start", "loc", "end"]
 };
 
-export const BLOCK_SCOPED_SYMBOL = Symbol("var used to be block scoped");
+export const BLOCK_SCOPED_SYMBOL = Symbol.for("var used to be block scoped");