diff --git a/src/editor/refactor/safeDelete.ts b/src/editor/refactor/safeDelete.ts
index 81b94be0a..215af366b 100644
--- a/src/editor/refactor/safeDelete.ts
+++ b/src/editor/refactor/safeDelete.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ export function textOccurrences(
   const out: { from: number; to: number }[] = [];
   for (let m = re.exec(text); m; m = re.exec(text)) {
     const from = m.index;
-    if (/[\p{L}\p{N}_$]$/u.test(text.slice(Math.max(0, from - 2), from))) continue;
+    // Not `[\p{L}\p{N}_$]$`: V8 (Node 26) misses an astral letter with a lone class before `$`.
+    if (/(?:\p{L}|\p{N}|[_$])$/u.test(text.slice(Math.max(0, from - 2), from))) continue;
     if (ids.has(from) || (from >= exclude.from && from < exclude.to)) continue;
     out.push({ from, to: from + name.length });
   }
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts b/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
index c5617ab41..6740d2ffb 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ function callPattern(name: string, flags: string): RegExp {
 }
 
 function isCallBoundary(text: string, from: number): boolean {
-  return !/[\p{L}\p{N}_$]$/u.test(text.slice(Math.max(0, from - 2), from));
+  // Not `[\p{L}\p{N}_$]$`: V8 (Node 26) misses an astral letter with a lone class before `$`.
+  return !/(?:\p{L}|\p{N}|[_$])$/u.test(text.slice(Math.max(0, from - 2), from));
 }
 
 function identifierEnd(text: string, from: number): number {