diff --git a/lib/tty.js b/lib/tty.js
index 7b93309efc3d99..9595c79db39a33 100644
--- a/lib/tty.js
+++ b/lib/tty.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 const util = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
 const { TTY, isTTY } = process.binding('tty_wrap');
-const { makeSyncWrite } = require('internal/net');
 const { inherits } = util;
 const errnoException = util._errnoException;
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ function WriteStream(fd) {
   // even though it was originally intended to change in v1.0.2 (Libuv 1.2.1).
   // Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/1771#issuecomment-119351671
   this._handle.setBlocking(true);
-  this._writev = null;
-  this._write = makeSyncWrite(fd);
 
   var winSize = new Array(2);
   var err = this._handle.getWindowSize(winSize);