diff --git a/core/runtime.rs b/core/runtime.rs
index 0d566d1186..304ca68dbd 100644
--- a/core/runtime.rs
+++ b/core/runtime.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ pub type CompiledWasmModuleStore = CrossIsolateStore<v8::CompiledWasmModule>;
 pub(crate) struct JsRuntimeState {
   pub global_context: Option<v8::Global<v8::Context>>,
   pub(crate) js_recv_cb: Option<v8::Global<v8::Function>>,
+  pub(crate) js_sync_cb: Option<v8::Global<v8::Function>>,
   pub(crate) js_macrotask_cb: Option<v8::Global<v8::Function>>,
   pub(crate) js_wasm_streaming_cb: Option<v8::Global<v8::Function>>,
   pub(crate) pending_promise_exceptions:
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ impl JsRuntime {
       pending_mod_evaluate: None,
       dyn_module_evaluate_idle_counter: 0,
       js_recv_cb: None,
+      js_sync_cb: None,
       js_macrotask_cb: None,
       js_wasm_streaming_cb: None,
       js_error_create_fn,
@@ -386,9 +388,10 @@ impl JsRuntime {
     }
     // Init extension ops
     js_runtime.init_extension_ops().unwrap();
+    // Init callbacks (opresolve & syncOpsCache)
+    js_runtime.init_cbs();
+    // Sync ops cache
     js_runtime.sync_ops_cache();
-    // Init async ops callback
-    js_runtime.init_recv_cb();
 
     js_runtime
   }
@@ -476,35 +479,44 @@ impl JsRuntime {
         self.register_op(name, macroware(name, opfn));
       }
     }
-    // Sync ops cache
-    self.sync_ops_cache();
     // Restore extensions
     self.extensions = extensions;
 
     Ok(())
   }
 
-  /// Grabs a reference to core.js' opresolve
-  fn init_recv_cb(&mut self) {
-    let scope = &mut self.handle_scope();
-
-    // Get Deno.core.opresolve
-    let code = v8::String::new(scope, "Deno.core.opresolve").unwrap();
+  /// Grab a Global handle to a function returned by the given expression
+  fn grab_fn(
+    scope: &mut v8::HandleScope,
+    code: &str,
+  ) -> v8::Global<v8::Function> {
+    let code = v8::String::new(scope, code).unwrap();
     let script = v8::Script::compile(scope, code, None).unwrap();
     let v8_value = script.run(scope).unwrap();
-
-    // Put global handle in state.js_recv_cb
-    let state_rc = JsRuntime::state(scope);
-    let mut state = state_rc.borrow_mut();
     let cb = v8::Local::<v8::Function>::try_from(v8_value).unwrap();
-    state.js_recv_cb.replace(v8::Global::new(scope, cb));
+    v8::Global::new(scope, cb)
+  }
+
+  /// Grabs a reference to core.js' opresolve & syncOpsCache()
+  fn init_cbs(&mut self) {
+    let mut scope = self.handle_scope();
+    let recv_cb = Self::grab_fn(&mut scope, "Deno.core.opresolve");
+    let sync_cb = Self::grab_fn(&mut scope, "Deno.core.syncOpsCache");
+    // Put global handles in state
+    let state_rc = JsRuntime::state(&scope);
+    let mut state = state_rc.borrow_mut();
+    state.js_recv_cb.replace(recv_cb);
+    state.js_sync_cb.replace(sync_cb);
   }
 
   /// Ensures core.js has the latest op-name to op-id mappings
   pub fn sync_ops_cache(&mut self) {
-    self
-      .execute_script("<anon>", "Deno.core.syncOpsCache()")
-      .unwrap();
+    let scope = &mut self.handle_scope();
+    let state_rc = JsRuntime::state(scope);
+    let js_sync_cb_handle = state_rc.borrow().js_sync_cb.clone().unwrap();
+    let js_sync_cb = js_sync_cb_handle.get(scope);
+    let this = v8::undefined(scope).into();
+    js_sync_cb.call(scope, this, &[]);
   }
 
   /// Returns the runtime's op state, which can be used to maintain ops
@@ -590,6 +602,7 @@ impl JsRuntime {
       ))));
     // Drop other v8::Global handles before snapshotting
     std::mem::take(&mut state.borrow_mut().js_recv_cb);
+    std::mem::take(&mut state.borrow_mut().js_sync_cb);
 
     let snapshot_creator = self.snapshot_creator.as_mut().unwrap();
     let snapshot = snapshot_creator