diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index a012ad0a75338e..087d27f2db7bb9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -907,8 +907,12 @@ const validateRmOptionsSync = hideStackFrames((path, options, expectDir) => {
   return options;
 });
 
-let recursiveRmdirWarned = process.noDeprecation;
+let recursiveRmdirWarned;
 function emitRecursiveRmdirWarning() {
+  if (recursiveRmdirWarned === undefined) {
+    // TODO(joyeecheung): use getOptionValue('--no-deprecation') instead.
+    recursiveRmdirWarned = process.noDeprecation;
+  }
   if (!recursiveRmdirWarned) {
     process.emitWarning(
       'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index b32c0e8472b320..603f8164a14405 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ function pendingDeprecate(fn, msg, code) {
 // Returns a modified function which warns once by default.
 // If --no-deprecation is set, then it is a no-op.
 function deprecate(fn, msg, code, useEmitSync) {
-  if (process.noDeprecation === true) {
-    return fn;
-  }
-
   // Lazy-load to avoid a circular dependency.
   if (validateString === undefined)
     ({ validateString } = require('internal/validators'));
@@ -158,7 +154,10 @@ function deprecate(fn, msg, code, useEmitSync) {
   );
 
   function deprecated(...args) {
-    emitDeprecationWarning();
+    // TODO(joyeecheung): use getOptionValue('--no-deprecation') instead.
+    if (!process.noDeprecation) {
+      emitDeprecationWarning();
+    }
     if (new.target) {
       return ReflectConstruct(fn, args, new.target);
     }