diff --git a/src/js_native_api.h b/src/js_native_api.h
index 8177ace3acbb89..6b53a2c28de461 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api.h
+++ b/src/js_native_api.h
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ napi_create_reference(napi_env env,
 
 // Deletes a reference. The referenced value is released, and may
 // be GC'd unless there are other references to it.
-NAPI_EXTERN napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_delete_reference(napi_env env,
+NAPI_EXTERN napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_delete_reference(node_api_basic_env env,
                                                          napi_ref ref);
 
 // Increments the reference count, optionally returning the resulting count.
diff --git a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
index 260a572ce71a82..6dfcd534799b39 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
+++ b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
@@ -2773,7 +2773,8 @@ napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_create_reference(napi_env env,
 // there are other references to it.
 // For a napi_reference returned from `napi_wrap`, this must be called in the
 // finalizer.
-napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_delete_reference(napi_env env, napi_ref ref) {
+napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_delete_reference(node_api_basic_env env,
+                                             napi_ref ref) {
   // Omit NAPI_PREAMBLE and GET_RETURN_STATUS because V8 calls here cannot throw
   // JS exceptions.
   CHECK_ENV(env);