diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
index 4f8375d284e9..590440aff352 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/scripts/build-dist.js
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ writeHelpers("@babel/runtime-corejs2", { corejs: 2 });
 function writeCoreJS2(runtimeName) {
   const pkgDirname = getRuntimeRoot(runtimeName);
 
-  const paths = ["is-iterable", "get-iterator"];
+  const paths = [
+    "is-iterable",
+    "get-iterator",
+
+    // This was previously in definitions, but was removed to work around
+    // zloirock/core-js#262. We need to keep it in @babel/runtime-corejs2 to
+    // avoid a breaking change there.
+    "symbol/async-iterator",
+  ];
 
   Object.keys(corejs2Definitions.builtins).forEach(key => {
     const path = corejs2Definitions.builtins[key];
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/definitions.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/definitions.js
index ac044910a08e..b0874d080338 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/definitions.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/definitions.js
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ export default runtimeVersion => {
         : {}),
 
       Symbol: {
-        asyncIterator: "symbol/async-iterator",
+        // FIXME: Disabled to work around zloirock/core-js#262.
+        // asyncIterator: "symbol/async-iterator",
         for: "symbol/for",
         hasInstance: "symbol/has-instance",
         isConcatSpreadable: "symbol/is-concat-spreadable",