diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index 02fd7b002651c3..7031bc5047a47e 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ function TLSSocket(socket, opts) {
     // handle, but a JS stream doesn't have one. Wrap it up to make it look like
     // a socket.
     wrap = new JSStreamSocket(socket);
-    wrap.once('close', () => this.destroy());
   }
 
   // Just a documented property to make secure sockets