diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index 297606dfb84749..fe229bbd17ad57 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
         }
       } else {
         if (!PassThrough) {
-          PassThrough = require('_stream_passthrough');
+          PassThrough = require('internal/streams/passthrough');
         }
 
         // If the last argument to pipeline is not a stream
diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 05e0594f1981ae..18722c4f5ade7b 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const {
   },
   hideStackFrames
 } = require('internal/errors');
-const Transform = require('_stream_transform');
+const { Transform, finished } = require('stream');
 const {
   deprecate
 } = require('internal/util');
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/util/types');
 const binding = internalBinding('zlib');
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
-const finished = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 const {
   Buffer,
   kMaxLength
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-zlib-no-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-zlib-no-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..68da269ab8f57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-zlib-no-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* eslint-disable node-core/required-modules */
+/* eslint-disable node-core/require-common-first */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// We are not loading common because it will load the stream module,
+// defeating the purpose of this test.
+
+const { gzipSync } = require('zlib');
+
+// Avoid regressions such as https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/36615
+
+// This must not throw
+gzipSync('fooobar');