diff --git a/lib/tls.js b/lib/tls.js
index e184c29d7aa..6966a281333 100644
--- a/lib/tls.js
+++ b/lib/tls.js
@@ -1373,7 +1373,6 @@ function pipe(pair, socket) {
 
   function onclose() {
     socket.removeListener('error', onerror);
-    socket.removeListener('end', onclose);
     socket.removeListener('timeout', ontimeout);
   }