diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index 3e9915c24f26b7..29b6be7b864087 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -97,39 +97,19 @@ function makeAsyncIterable(val) {
     return val;
   } else if (isReadable(val)) {
     // Legacy streams are not Iterable.
-    return _fromReadable(val);
+    return fromReadable(val);
   } else {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
       'val', ['Readable', 'Iterable', 'AsyncIterable'], val);
   }
 }
 
-async function* _fromReadable(val) {
+async function* fromReadable(val) {
   if (!createReadableStreamAsyncIterator) {
     createReadableStreamAsyncIterator =
       require('internal/streams/async_iterator');
   }
-
-  try {
-    if (typeof val.read !== 'function') {
-      // createReadableStreamAsyncIterator does not support
-      // v1 streams. Convert it into a v2 stream.
-
-      if (!PassThrough) {
-        PassThrough = require('_stream_passthrough');
-      }
-
-      const pt = new PassThrough();
-      val
-        .on('error', (err) => pt.destroy(err))
-        .pipe(pt);
-      yield* createReadableStreamAsyncIterator(pt);
-    } else {
-      yield* createReadableStreamAsyncIterator(val);
-    }
-  } finally {
-    destroyStream(val);
-  }
+  yield* createReadableStreamAsyncIterator(val);
 }
 
 async function pump(iterable, writable, finish) {