diff --git a/lib/.eslintrc.yaml b/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
index a7a1c15e90b3fb..81a764f0f85b81 100644
--- a/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 rules:
   prefer-object-spread: error
+  no-buffer-constructor: error
   no-restricted-syntax:
     # Config copied from .eslintrc.js
     - error
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ rules:
       message: "Use an error exported by the internal/errors module."
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
   node-core/require-globals: error
-  node-core/buffer-constructor: error
   node-core/no-let-in-for-declaration: error
   node-core/lowercase-name-for-primitive: error
   node-core/non-ascii-character: error
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eslint-buffer-constructor.js b/test/parallel/test-eslint-buffer-constructor.js
deleted file mode 100644
index daa1a527673c1a..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-eslint-buffer-constructor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-common.skipIfEslintMissing();
-
-const RuleTester = require('../../tools/node_modules/eslint').RuleTester;
-const rule = require('../../tools/eslint-rules/buffer-constructor');
-
-const message = 'Use of the Buffer() constructor has been deprecated. ' +
-                'Please use either Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), ' +
-                'or Buffer.from()';
-
-new RuleTester().run('buffer-constructor', rule, {
-  valid: [
-    'Buffer.from(foo)'
-  ],
-  invalid: [
-    {
-      code: 'Buffer(foo)',
-      errors: [{ message }]
-    },
-    {
-      code: 'new Buffer(foo)',
-      errors: [{ message }]
-    }
-  ]
-});
diff --git a/test/root.status b/test/root.status
index 9c40512cb68051..e5dd389cae0424 100644
--- a/test/root.status
+++ b/test/root.status
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ parallel/test-domain-with-abort-on-uncaught-exception: SLOW
 parallel/test-env-var-no-warnings: SLOW
 parallel/test-error-reporting: SLOW
 parallel/test-eslint-alphabetize-errors: SLOW
-parallel/test-eslint-buffer-constructor: SLOW
 parallel/test-eslint-crypto-check: SLOW
 parallel/test-eslint-documented-errors: SLOW
 parallel/test-eslint-duplicate-requires: SLOW
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/buffer-constructor.js b/tools/eslint-rules/buffer-constructor.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 412fdaa934664b..00000000000000
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/buffer-constructor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Require use of new Buffer constructor methods in lib
- * @author James M Snell
- */
-'use strict';
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Rule Definition
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const msg = 'Use of the Buffer() constructor has been deprecated. ' +
-            'Please use either Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), ' +
-            'or Buffer.from()';
-const astSelector = 'NewExpression[callee.name="Buffer"],' +
-                    'CallExpression[callee.name="Buffer"]';
-
-module.exports = function(context) {
-  return {
-    [astSelector]: (node) => context.report(node, msg)
-  };
-};