diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 4630be4dff8c5c..c515c551427d98 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Socket.prototype.bind = function(port_, address_ /* , callback */) {
 };
 
 Socket.prototype.connect = function(port, address, callback) {
-  port = validatePort(port, 'Port', { allowZero: false });
+  port = validatePort(port, 'Port', false);
   if (typeof address === 'function') {
     callback = address;
     address = '';
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ Socket.prototype.send = function(buffer,
   }
 
   if (!connected)
-    port = validatePort(port, 'Port', { allowZero: false });
+    port = validatePort(port, 'Port', false);
 
   // Normalize callback so it's either a function or undefined but not anything
   // else.
diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index 9bca0aa747725e..b3a7ee26554e1a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const validateObject = hideStackFrames(
     }
   });
 
-const validateArray = hideStackFrames((value, name, { minLength = 0 } = {}) => {
+const validateArray = hideStackFrames((value, name, minLength = 0) => {
   if (!ArrayIsArray(value)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'Array', value);
   }
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ const validateArray = hideStackFrames((value, name, { minLength = 0 } = {}) => {
 });
 
 function validateSignalName(signal, name = 'signal') {
-  if (typeof signal !== 'string')
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'string', signal);
+  validateString(signal, name);
 
   if (signals[signal] === undefined) {
     if (signals[StringPrototypeToUpperCase(signal)] !== undefined) {
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ function validateEncoding(data, encoding) {
 
 // Check that the port number is not NaN when coerced to a number,
 // is an integer and that it falls within the legal range of port numbers.
-function validatePort(port, name = 'Port', { allowZero = true } = {}) {
+function validatePort(port, name = 'Port', allowZero = true) {
   if ((typeof port !== 'number' && typeof port !== 'string') ||
       (typeof port === 'string' && StringPrototypeTrim(port).length === 0) ||
       +port !== (+port >>> 0) ||
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-validators.js b/test/parallel/test-validators.js
index 9dbf5f9c4599f2..6b0d49c6997a65 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-validators.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-validators.js
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ const invalidArgValueError = {
       }, invalidArgTypeError);
     });
 
-  validateArray([1], 'foo', { minLength: 1 });
+  validateArray([1], 'foo', 1);
   assert.throws(() => {
-    validateArray([], 'foo', { minLength: 1 });
+    validateArray([], 'foo', 1);
   }, invalidArgValueError);
 }