diff --git a/modules/es6.regexp.split.js b/modules/es6.regexp.split.js
index 8952ee04e4b8..45f81ce4d2b1 100644
--- a/modules/es6.regexp.split.js
+++ b/modules/es6.regexp.split.js
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ var advanceStringIndex = require('./_advance-string-index');
 var toLength = require('./_to-length');
 var callRegExpExec = require('./_regexp-exec-abstract');
 var regexpExec = require('./_regexp-exec');
+var fails = require('./_fails');
 var $min = Math.min;
 var $push = [].push;
 var $SPLIT = 'split';
 var LENGTH = 'length';
 var LAST_INDEX = 'lastIndex';
+var MAX_UINT32 = 0xffffffff;
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
-var SUPPORTS_Y = !!(function () { try { return new RegExp('x', 'y'); } catch (e) {} })();
+// babel-minify transpiles RegExp('x', 'y') -> /x/y and it causes SyntaxError
+var SUPPORTS_Y = !fails(function () { RegExp(MAX_UINT32, 'y'); });
 
 // @@split logic
 require('./_fix-re-wks')('split', 2, function (defined, SPLIT, $split, maybeCallNative) {
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ require('./_fix-re-wks')('split', 2, function (defined, SPLIT, $split, maybeCall
                   (separator.unicode ? 'u' : '') +
                   (separator.sticky ? 'y' : '');
       var lastLastIndex = 0;
-      var splitLimit = limit === undefined ? 4294967295 : limit >>> 0;
+      var splitLimit = limit === undefined ? MAX_UINT32 : limit >>> 0;
       // Make `global` and avoid `lastIndex` issues by working with a copy
       var separatorCopy = new RegExp(separator.source, flags + 'g');
       var match, lastIndex, lastLength;
@@ -93,14 +95,14 @@ require('./_fix-re-wks')('split', 2, function (defined, SPLIT, $split, maybeCall
 
       var unicodeMatching = rx.unicode;
       var flags = (rx.ignoreCase ? 'i' : '') +
-                    (rx.multiline ? 'm' : '') +
-                    (rx.unicode ? 'u' : '') +
-                    (SUPPORTS_Y ? 'y' : 'g');
+                  (rx.multiline ? 'm' : '') +
+                  (rx.unicode ? 'u' : '') +
+                  (SUPPORTS_Y ? 'y' : 'g');
 
       // ^(? + rx + ) is needed, in combination with some S slicing, to
       // simulate the 'y' flag.
       var splitter = new C(SUPPORTS_Y ? rx : '^(?:' + rx.source + ')', flags);
-      var lim = limit === undefined ? 0xffffffff : limit >>> 0;
+      var lim = limit === undefined ? MAX_UINT32 : limit >>> 0;
       if (lim === 0) return [];
       if (S.length === 0) return callRegExpExec(splitter, S) === null ? [S] : [];
       var p = 0;