diff --git a/lib/freelist.js b/lib/freelist.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ad33f971ebef5b..00000000000000
--- a/lib/freelist.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const util = require('internal/util');
-
-module.exports = require('internal/freelist');
-util.printDeprecationMessage('freelist module is deprecated.');
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 0e8fd576f0735a..7a8c29b6fd8476 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       'lib/dns.js',
       'lib/domain.js',
       'lib/events.js',
-      'lib/freelist.js',
       'lib/fs.js',
       'lib/http.js',
       'lib/_http_agent.js',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-freelist.js b/test/parallel/test-freelist.js
index 4f95a3d9b5622f..270ff4ec00cd2c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-freelist.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-freelist.js
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 
 require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const freelist = require('freelist');
-const internalFreelist = require('internal/freelist');
+const freelist = require('internal/freelist');
 
 assert.equal(typeof freelist, 'object');
 assert.equal(typeof freelist.FreeList, 'function');
-assert.strictEqual(freelist, internalFreelist);
 
 const flist1 = new freelist.FreeList('flist1', 3, String);