diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index f9005c3bb19940..1cdd1d0f20aa73 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -1708,12 +1708,6 @@ A `Transform` stream finished with data still in the write buffer.
 
 The initialization of a TTY failed due to a system error.
 
-<a id="ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE"></a>
-### ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE
-
-This `Error` is thrown when a read is attempted on a TTY `WriteStream`,
-such as `process.stdout.on('data')`.
-
 <a id="ERR_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_ALREADY_SET"></a>
 ### ERR_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_ALREADY_SET
 
@@ -2068,6 +2062,13 @@ instance.setEncoding('utf8');
 An attempt has been made to create a string larger than the maximum allowed
 size.
 
+<a id="ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE"></a>
+#### ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE
+
+This `Error` is thrown when a read is attempted on a TTY `WriteStream`,
+such as `process.stdout.on('data')`.
+
+
 [`--force-fips`]: cli.html#cli_force_fips
 [`'uncaughtException'`]: process.html#process_event_uncaughtexception
 [`child_process`]: child_process.html
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 19638b83eeeb6a..b9a1282c6e673a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -844,9 +844,6 @@ E('ERR_TRANSFORM_ALREADY_TRANSFORMING',
 E('ERR_TRANSFORM_WITH_LENGTH_0',
   'Calling transform done when writableState.length != 0', Error);
 E('ERR_TTY_INIT_FAILED', 'TTY initialization failed', SystemError);
-E('ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE',
-  'The Writable side of a TTY is not Readable',
-  Error);
 E('ERR_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_CAPTURE_ALREADY_SET',
   '`process.setupUncaughtExceptionCapture()` was called while a capture ' +
     'callback was already active',
diff --git a/lib/tty.js b/lib/tty.js
index 83e00df1106d8c..62945a78eb1f0f 100644
--- a/lib/tty.js
+++ b/lib/tty.js
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ const { inherits, _extend } = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
 const { TTY, isTTY } = internalBinding('tty_wrap');
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
-const {
-  ERR_INVALID_FD,
-  ERR_TTY_INIT_FAILED,
-  ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE
-} = errors.codes;
+const { ERR_INVALID_FD, ERR_TTY_INIT_FAILED } = errors.codes;
 const { getColorDepth } = require('internal/tty');
 
 // Lazy loaded for startup performance.
@@ -131,13 +127,6 @@ WriteStream.prototype._refreshSize = function() {
   }
 };
 
-// A WriteStream is not readable from, so _read become a no-op.
-// this method could still be called because net.Socket()
-// is a duplex
-WriteStream.prototype._read = function() {
-  this.destroy(new ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE());
-};
-
 // Backwards-compat
 WriteStream.prototype.cursorTo = function(x, y) {
   if (readline === undefined) readline = require('readline');
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-write-stream-resume-crash.js b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-write-stream-resume-crash.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ec1df45ad598..00000000000000
--- a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-write-stream-resume-crash.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-const { WriteStream } = require('tty');
-const fd = common.getTTYfd();
-
-// Calling resume on a tty.WriteStream should be a no-op
-// Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/21203
-
-const stream = new WriteStream(fd);
-stream.resume();
-
-stream.on('error', common.expectsError({
-  code: 'ERR_TTY_WRITABLE_NOT_READABLE',
-  type: Error,
-  message: 'The Writable side of a TTY is not Readable'
-}));
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-write-stream-resume-crash.out b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-write-stream-resume-crash.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6..00000000000000