diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index bccb2e0edc6a0d..21d3774a586a7f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 const {
   ArrayFrom,
+  Boolean,
   Error,
   Map,
+  NumberIsInteger,
   Object,
   Set,
   Symbol,
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ class Event {
       return name;
 
     const opts = Object.assign({}, options, {
-      dept: options.depth === null ? null : options.depth - 1
+      depth: NumberIsInteger(options.depth) ? options.depth - 1 : options.depth
     });
 
     return `${name} ${inspect({
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ class EventTarget {
     this.#emitting.delete(event.type);
     event[kTarget] = undefined;
 
-    return event.defaultPrevented === true ? false : true;
+    return event.defaultPrevented !== true;
   }
 
   [customInspectSymbol](depth, options) {
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ class EventTarget {
       return name;
 
     const opts = Object.assign({}, options, {
-      dept: options.depth === null ? null : options.depth - 1
+      depth: NumberIsInteger(options.depth) ? options.depth - 1 : options.depth
     });
 
     return `${name} ${inspect({}, opts)}`;
@@ -429,15 +431,10 @@ function validateEventListenerOptions(options) {
   if (typeof options === 'boolean')
     return { capture: options };
   validateObject(options, 'options');
-  const {
-    once = false,
-    capture = false,
-    passive = false,
-  } = options;
   return {
-    once: !!once,
-    capture: !!capture,
-    passive: !!passive,
+    once: Boolean(options.once),
+    capture: Boolean(options.capture),
+    passive: Boolean(options.passive),
   };
 }