--- a/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/AbstractScriptEngine.java	Mon Apr 23 10:59:39 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/AbstractScriptEngine.java	Mon Apr 23 18:14:35 2018 +0200
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
      */
     protected ScriptContext getScriptContext(Bindings nn) {
 
-        SimpleScriptContext ctxt = new SimpleScriptContext();
+        SimpleScriptContext ctxt = new SimpleScriptContext(context.getReader(), context.getWriter(), context.getErrorWriter());
         Bindings gs = getBindings(ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE);
 
         if (gs != null) {
@@ -301,10 +301,6 @@
             throw new NullPointerException("Engine scope Bindings may not be null.");
         }
 
-        ctxt.setReader(context.getReader());
-        ctxt.setWriter(context.getWriter());
-        ctxt.setErrorWriter(context.getErrorWriter());
-
         return ctxt;
 
     }

--- a/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/CompiledScript.java	Mon Apr 23 10:59:39 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/CompiledScript.java	Mon Apr 23 18:14:35 2018 +0200
@@ -79,13 +79,10 @@
         ScriptContext ctxt = getEngine().getContext();
 
         if (bindings != null) {
-            SimpleScriptContext tempctxt = new SimpleScriptContext();
+            SimpleScriptContext tempctxt = new SimpleScriptContext(ctxt.getReader(), ctxt.getWriter(), ctxt.getErrorWriter());
             tempctxt.setBindings(bindings, ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
             tempctxt.setBindings(ctxt.getBindings(ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE),
                     ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE);
-            tempctxt.setWriter(ctxt.getWriter());
-            tempctxt.setReader(ctxt.getReader());
-            tempctxt.setErrorWriter(ctxt.getErrorWriter());
             ctxt = tempctxt;
         }
 

--- a/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/SimpleScriptContext.java	Mon Apr 23 10:59:39 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/java.scripting/share/classes/javax/script/SimpleScriptContext.java	Mon Apr 23 18:14:35 2018 +0200
@@ -86,11 +86,25 @@
      * Create a {@code SimpleScriptContext}.
      */
     public SimpleScriptContext() {
+        this(new InputStreamReader(System.in),
+             new PrintWriter(System.out , true),
+             new PrintWriter(System.err, true));
         engineScope = new SimpleBindings();
         globalScope = null;
-        reader = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
-        writer = new PrintWriter(System.out , true);
-        errorWriter = new PrintWriter(System.err, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Package-private constructor to avoid needless creation of reader and writers.
+     * It is the caller's responsability to initialize the engine scope.
+     *
+     * @param reader the reader
+     * @param writer the writer
+     * @param errorWriter the error writer
+     */
+    SimpleScriptContext(Reader reader, Writer writer, Writer errorWriter) {
+        this.reader = reader;
+        this.writer = writer;
+        this.errorWriter = errorWriter;
     }
 
     /**