diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.ts b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
index 5bf6e7287e..c398d02423 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ type RpcRequest = (methodName: string, args: Array<any>) => Promise<any>;
 
 type RpcBatchRequest = (requests: RpcParams[]) => Promise<any[]>;
 
-const NO_COMMITMENT =
-  typeof Symbol === 'function' ? Symbol('NO_COMMITMENT') : ({} as const);
-
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -3434,10 +3431,9 @@ export class Connection {
   async getRecentPerformanceSamples(
     limit?: number,
   ): Promise<Array<PerfSample>> {
-    const args = this._buildArgs(limit ? [limit] : [], NO_COMMITMENT);
     const unsafeRes = await this._rpcRequest(
       'getRecentPerformanceSamples',
-      args,
+      limit ? [limit] : [],
     );
     const res = create(unsafeRes, GetRecentPerformanceSamplesRpcResult);
     if ('error' in res) {
@@ -5065,12 +5061,11 @@ export class Connection {
 
   _buildArgs(
     args: Array<any>,
-    override?: Commitment | typeof NO_COMMITMENT,
+    override?: Commitment,
     encoding?: 'jsonParsed' | 'base64',
     extra?: any,
   ): Array<any> {
-    const commitment =
-      override === NO_COMMITMENT ? undefined : override || this._commitment;
+    const commitment = override || this._commitment;
     if (commitment || encoding || extra) {
       let options: any = {};
       if (encoding) {