diff --git a/src/node_http2.cc b/src/node_http2.cc
index f2a4d83a3b7661..63e0fd3975cfe9 100644
--- a/src/node_http2.cc
+++ b/src/node_http2.cc
@@ -1124,17 +1124,6 @@ int Http2Session::OnStreamClose(nghttp2_session* handle,
   if (!stream || stream->is_destroyed())
     return 0;
 
-  // Don't close synchronously in case there's pending data to be written. This
-  // may happen when writing trailing headers.
-  if (code == NGHTTP2_NO_ERROR && nghttp2_session_want_write(handle) &&
-      env->can_call_into_js()) {
-    env->SetImmediate([handle, id, code, user_data](Environment* env) {
-      OnStreamClose(handle, id, code, user_data);
-    });
-
-    return 0;
-  }
-
   stream->Close(code);
 
   // It is possible for the stream close to occur before the stream is
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js b/test/known_issues/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js
similarity index 81%
rename from test/parallel/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js
rename to test/known_issues/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js
index d08f875494139c..3d5be11e5b5185 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js
+++ b/test/known_issues/test-http2-trailers-after-session-close.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
+// Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/42713
 const common = require('../common');
-if (!common.hasCrypto)
+if (!common.hasCrypto) {
+  // Remove require('assert').fail when issue is fixed and test
+  // is moved out of the known_issues directory.
+  require('assert').fail('missing crypto');
   common.skip('missing crypto');
+}
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http2 = require('http2');
 
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
   client.socket.on('close', common.mustCall());
   const req = client.request({
     [HTTP2_HEADER_PATH]: '/',
-    [HTTP2_HEADER_METHOD]: 'POST'
+    [HTTP2_HEADER_METHOD]: 'POST',
   });
   req.end();
   req.on('response', common.mustCall());