diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index f10265b9ddd98a..97d91123cb3849 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -2284,6 +2284,9 @@ core and obsoleted by the removal of NPN (Next Protocol Negotiation) support.
 
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/55020
+    description: End-of-Life.
   - version: v11.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23308
     description: Runtime deprecation.
@@ -2292,7 +2295,7 @@ changes:
     description: Documentation-only deprecation.
 -->
 
-Type: Runtime
+Type: End-of-Life
 
 Deprecated alias for [`zlib.bytesWritten`][]. This original name was chosen
 because it also made sense to interpret the value as the number of bytes
diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 2fb329814d3dee..6064c2e10f1905 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ const {
   genericNodeError,
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const { Transform, finished } = require('stream');
-const {
-  deprecate,
-} = require('internal/util');
 const {
   isArrayBufferView,
   isAnyArrayBuffer,
@@ -272,24 +269,6 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(ZlibBase.prototype, '_closed', {
   },
 });
 
-// `bytesRead` made sense as a name when looking from the zlib engine's
-// perspective, but it is inconsistent with all other streams exposed by Node.js
-// that have this concept, where it stands for the number of bytes read
-// *from* the stream (that is, net.Socket/tls.Socket & file system streams).
-ObjectDefineProperty(ZlibBase.prototype, 'bytesRead', {
-  __proto__: null,
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: deprecate(function() {
-    return this.bytesWritten;
-  }, 'zlib.bytesRead is deprecated and will change its meaning in the ' +
-     'future. Use zlib.bytesWritten instead.', 'DEP0108'),
-  set: deprecate(function(value) {
-    this.bytesWritten = value;
-  }, 'Setting zlib.bytesRead is deprecated. ' +
-     'This feature will be removed in the future.', 'DEP0108'),
-});
-
 /**
  * @this ZlibBase
  * @returns {void}