diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index 4b800039fe6f80..22990aae808508 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ const {
   isArrayBufferView,
   isUint8Array
 } = require('internal/util/types');
-const {
-  pendingDeprecation
-} = process.binding('config');
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
 
 const internalBuffer = require('internal/buffer');
@@ -131,33 +128,23 @@ const bufferWarning = 'The Buffer() and new Buffer() constructors are not ' +
                       'Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() construction ' +
                       'methods instead.';
 
-function showFlaggedDeprecation() {
+function showDeprecation() {
   if (bufferWarn) {
-    // This is a *pending* deprecation warning. It is not emitted by
-    // default unless the --pending-deprecation command-line flag is
-    // used or the NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION=1 env var is set.
     process.emitWarning(bufferWarning, 'DeprecationWarning', 'DEP0005');
     bufferWarn = false;
   }
 }
 
-const doFlaggedDeprecation =
-  pendingDeprecation ?
-    showFlaggedDeprecation :
-    function() {};
-
 /**
- * The Buffer() constructor is deprecated in documentation and should not be
- * used moving forward. Rather, developers should use one of the three new
- * factory APIs: Buffer.from(), Buffer.allocUnsafe() or Buffer.alloc() based on
- * their specific needs. There is no runtime deprecation because of the extent
- * to which the Buffer constructor is used in the ecosystem currently -- a
- * runtime deprecation would introduce too much breakage at this time. It's not
- * likely that the Buffer constructors would ever actually be removed.
+ * The Buffer() constructor is deprecated and should not be used moving forward.
+ * Rather, developers should use one of the three new factory APIs:
+ * Buffer.from(), Buffer.allocUnsafe() or Buffer.alloc() based on their specific
+ * needs. It's not likely that the Buffer constructors would ever actually be
+ * removed.
  * Deprecation Code: DEP0005
  **/
 function Buffer(arg, encodingOrOffset, length) {
-  doFlaggedDeprecation();
+  showDeprecation();
   // Common case.
   if (typeof arg === 'number') {
     if (typeof encodingOrOffset === 'string') {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-deprecation.js
similarity index 93%
rename from test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js
rename to test/parallel/test-buffer-deprecation.js
index 060eae2a51622e..93eed4d51dc43a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-deprecation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Flags: --pending-deprecation --no-warnings
+// Flags: --no-warnings
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-nopendingdep-map.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-nodep-map.js
similarity index 55%
rename from test/parallel/test-buffer-nopendingdep-map.js
rename to test/parallel/test-buffer-nodep-map.js
index c85d184fbc1246..e72b7f205983b8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-nopendingdep-map.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-nodep-map.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-// Flags: --no-warnings --pending-deprecation
+// Flags: --no-warnings
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
 process.on('warning', common.mustNotCall('A warning should not be emitted'));
 
-// With the --pending-deprecation flag, the deprecation warning for
-// new Buffer() should not be emitted when Uint8Array methods are called.
+// The deprecation warning for new Buffer() should not be emitted when
+// Uint8Array methods are called.
 
 Buffer.from('abc').map((i) => i);
 Buffer.from('abc').filter((i) => i);