diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 0a5ba7a65a5613..34c58e22ad54a4 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ const {
   getValidatedPath,
   getValidMode,
   handleErrorFromBinding,
-  nullCheck,
   possiblyTransformPath,
   preprocessSymlinkDestination,
   Stats,