diff --git a/lib/tty.js b/lib/tty.js
index bc568146fd2acb..aef2d6c54ee53a 100644
--- a/lib/tty.js
+++ b/lib/tty.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const { inherits } = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
 const { TTY, isTTY } = internalBinding('tty_wrap');
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
@@ -61,7 +60,9 @@ function ReadStream(fd, options) {
   this.isRaw = false;
   this.isTTY = true;
 }
-inherits(ReadStream, net.Socket);
+
+Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream.prototype, net.Socket.prototype);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream, net.Socket);
 
 ReadStream.prototype.setRawMode = function(flag) {
   flag = !!flag;
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ function WriteStream(fd) {
     this.rows = winSize[1];
   }
 }
-inherits(WriteStream, net.Socket);
+
+Object.setPrototypeOf(WriteStream.prototype, net.Socket.prototype);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(WriteStream, net.Socket);
 
 WriteStream.prototype.isTTY = true;