diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 8db7018cc98aba..40b32821fdf1c2 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const util = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
 const assert = require('assert').ok;
 const {
@@ -309,7 +308,8 @@ function Server(options, requestListener) {
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 40 * 1000; // 40 seconds
 }
-util.inherits(Server, net.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server, net.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server.prototype, net.Server.prototype);
 
 
 Server.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index a72091b22e97fb..337ce56523fea9 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ function TLSSocket(socket, opts) {
   // Read on next tick so the caller has a chance to setup listeners
   process.nextTick(initRead, this, socket);
 }
-util.inherits(TLSSocket, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(TLSSocket, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(TLSSocket.prototype, net.Socket.prototype);
+
 exports.TLSSocket = TLSSocket;
 
 var proxiedMethods = [
@@ -881,7 +883,9 @@ function Server(options, listener) {
   }
 }
 
-util.inherits(Server, net.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server, net.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server.prototype, net.Server.prototype);
+
 exports.Server = Server;
 exports.createServer = function createServer(options, listener) {
   return new Server(options, listener);
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 9ac4cfd0d3873a..55134a2cfce4a0 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const {
   kServerResponse
 } = require('_http_server');
 const { ClientRequest } = require('_http_client');
-const { inherits } = util;
 const debug = util.debuglog('https');
 const { URL, urlToOptions, searchParamsSymbol } = require('internal/url');
 const { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } = require('http');
@@ -76,7 +75,8 @@ function Server(opts, requestListener) {
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 40 * 1000; // 40 seconds
 }
-inherits(Server, tls.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server, tls.Server);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Server.prototype, tls.Server.prototype);
 
 Server.prototype.setTimeout = HttpServer.prototype.setTimeout;
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js b/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
index c4d8c64b3dd041..a965284202aeb4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const stream = require('stream');
-const util = require('util');
 
 const {
   getDefaultEncoding
@@ -17,7 +16,8 @@ function LazyTransform(options) {
   this.writable = true;
   this.readable = true;
 }
-util.inherits(LazyTransform, stream.Transform);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(LazyTransform, stream.Transform);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(LazyTransform.prototype, stream.Transform.prototype);
 
 function makeGetter(name) {
   return function() {
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 7680c8860e1521..cbeaa174201f83 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ function Socket(options) {
   this[kBytesRead] = 0;
   this[kBytesWritten] = 0;
 }
-util.inherits(Socket, stream.Duplex);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Socket, stream.Duplex);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Socket.prototype, stream.Duplex.prototype);
 
 // Refresh existing timeouts.
 Socket.prototype._unrefTimer = function _unrefTimer() {
diff --git a/lib/tty.js b/lib/tty.js
index 6efaac6e43215f..3b8d004b65aff7 100644
--- a/lib/tty.js
+++ b/lib/tty.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const { inherits } = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
 const { TTY, isTTY } = internalBinding('tty_wrap');
 const errors = require('internal/errors');
@@ -58,7 +57,8 @@ function ReadStream(fd, options) {
   this.isRaw = false;
   this.isTTY = true;
 }
-inherits(ReadStream, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(ReadStream.prototype, net.Socket.prototype);
 
 ReadStream.prototype.setRawMode = function(flag) {
   flag = !!flag;
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ function WriteStream(fd) {
     this.rows = winSize[1];
   }
 }
-inherits(WriteStream, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(WriteStream, net.Socket);
+Object.setPrototypeOf(WriteStream.prototype, net.Socket.prototype);
 
 WriteStream.prototype.isTTY = true;
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-access-byteswritten.js b/test/parallel/test-net-access-byteswritten.js
index c928ab27c6d146..da63d68f6cd613 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-access-byteswritten.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-access-byteswritten.js
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ const tty = require('tty');
 // Check that the bytesWritten getter doesn't crash if object isn't
 // constructed.
 assert.strictEqual(net.Socket.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);
-assert.strictEqual(tls.TLSSocket.super_.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);
+assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(tls.TLSSocket).prototype.bytesWritten,
+                   undefined);
 assert.strictEqual(tls.TLSSocket.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);
-assert.strictEqual(tty.ReadStream.super_.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);
+assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(tty.ReadStream).prototype.bytesWritten,
+                   undefined);
 assert.strictEqual(tty.ReadStream.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);
 assert.strictEqual(tty.WriteStream.prototype.bytesWritten, undefined);