diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index c0347d79d6cd3e..863c1c6ea8bd01 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ class EventTarget {
   removeEventListener(type, listener, options = kEmptyObject) {
     if (!isEventTarget(this))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventTarget');
+    if (arguments.length < 2)
+      throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('type', 'listener');
     if (!validateEventListener(listener))
       return;
 
@@ -666,6 +668,8 @@ class EventTarget {
   dispatchEvent(event) {
     if (!isEventTarget(this))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_THIS('EventTarget');
+    if (arguments.length < 1)
+      throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('event');
 
     if (!(event instanceof Event))
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('event', 'Event', event);
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index da533ebf0d564b..17794a7bfca319 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Interface.prototype.question = function question(query, options, cb) {
     };
     options.signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true });
     const cleanup = () => {
-      options.signal.removeEventListener(onAbort);
+      options.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
     };
     const originalCb = cb;
     cb = typeof cb === 'function' ? (answer) => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index b7898391a793b5..e2e57b45b4fc40 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -685,3 +685,37 @@ let asyncTest = Promise.resolve();
     et.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
   });
 }
+
+{
+  const et = new EventTarget();
+
+  throws(() => et.addEventListener(), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'The "type" and "listener" arguments must be specified'
+  });
+
+  throws(() => et.addEventListener('foo'), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'The "type" and "listener" arguments must be specified'
+  });
+
+  throws(() => et.removeEventListener(), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'The "type" and "listener" arguments must be specified'
+  });
+
+  throws(() => et.removeEventListener('foo'), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'The "type" and "listener" arguments must be specified'
+  });
+
+  throws(() => et.dispatchEvent(), {
+    code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+    name: 'TypeError',
+    message: 'The "event" argument must be specified'
+  });
+}