diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index d0c7fcfc81b20e..6c2bbb3495a3a3 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ Readable.prototype.removeListener = function(ev, fn) {
 
   return res;
 };
+Readable.prototype.off = Readable.prototype.removeListener;
 
 Readable.prototype.removeAllListeners = function(ev) {
   const res = Stream.prototype.removeAllListeners.apply(this, arguments);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-readable-then-resume.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-readable-then-resume.js
index 83cf49333a8d83..63dbc306e739f2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-readable-then-resume.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-readable-then-resume.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 const { Readable } = require('stream');
+const assert = require('assert');
 
 // This test verifies that a stream could be resumed after
 // removing the readable event in the same tick
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ function check(s) {
   const readableListener = common.mustNotCall();
   s.on('readable', readableListener);
   s.on('end', common.mustCall());
+  assert.strictEqual(s.removeListener, s.off);
   s.removeListener('readable', readableListener);
   s.resume();
 }