diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index fae2857e3fc759..27e1a2e79cd135 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const FSReqWrap = binding.FSReqWrap;
 const FSEvent = process.binding('fs_event_wrap').FSEvent;
 const internalFS = require('internal/fs');
-const internalURL = require('internal/url');
 const assertEncoding = internalFS.assertEncoding;
 const stringToFlags = internalFS.stringToFlags;
 const SyncWriteStream = internalFS.SyncWriteStream;
-const getPathFromURL = internalURL.getPathFromURL;
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, 'constants', {
   configurable: false,
@@ -204,16 +202,6 @@ fs.Stats.prototype.isSocket = function() {
   });
 });
 
-function handleError(val, callback) {
-  if (val instanceof Error) {
-    if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-      process.nextTick(callback, val);
-      return true;
-    } else throw val;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 fs.access = function(path, mode, callback) {
   if (typeof mode === 'function') {
     callback = mode;
@@ -222,9 +210,6 @@ fs.access = function(path, mode, callback) {
     throw new TypeError('"callback" argument must be a function');
   }
 
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
-
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback))
     return;
 
@@ -235,7 +220,6 @@ fs.access = function(path, mode, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.accessSync = function(path, mode) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
 
   if (mode === undefined)
@@ -247,8 +231,6 @@ fs.accessSync = function(path, mode) {
 };
 
 fs.exists = function(path, callback) {
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), cb))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, cb)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = cb;
@@ -260,7 +242,6 @@ fs.exists = function(path, callback) {
 
 fs.existsSync = function(path) {
   try {
-    handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
     nullCheck(path);
     binding.stat(pathModule._makeLong(path));
     return true;
@@ -273,8 +254,6 @@ fs.readFile = function(path, options, callback) {
   callback = maybeCallback(arguments[arguments.length - 1]);
   options = getOptions(options, { flag: 'r' });
 
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback))
     return;
 
@@ -558,8 +537,6 @@ fs.open = function(path, flags, mode, callback_) {
   var callback = makeCallback(arguments[arguments.length - 1]);
   mode = modeNum(mode, 0o666);
 
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
 
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
@@ -573,7 +550,6 @@ fs.open = function(path, flags, mode, callback_) {
 
 fs.openSync = function(path, flags, mode) {
   mode = modeNum(mode, 0o666);
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);
 };
@@ -669,12 +645,6 @@ fs.writeSync = function(fd, buffer, offset, length, position) {
 
 fs.rename = function(oldPath, newPath, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((oldPath = getPathFromURL(oldPath)), callback))
-    return;
-
-  if (handleError((newPath = getPathFromURL(newPath)), callback))
-    return;
-
   if (!nullCheck(oldPath, callback)) return;
   if (!nullCheck(newPath, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
@@ -685,8 +655,6 @@ fs.rename = function(oldPath, newPath, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.renameSync = function(oldPath, newPath) {
-  handleError((oldPath = getPathFromURL(oldPath)));
-  handleError((newPath = getPathFromURL(newPath)));
   nullCheck(oldPath);
   nullCheck(newPath);
   return binding.rename(pathModule._makeLong(oldPath),
@@ -758,8 +726,6 @@ fs.ftruncateSync = function(fd, len) {
 
 fs.rmdir = function(path, callback) {
   callback = maybeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -767,7 +733,6 @@ fs.rmdir = function(path, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.rmdirSync = function(path) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.rmdir(pathModule._makeLong(path));
 };
@@ -795,8 +760,6 @@ fs.fsyncSync = function(fd) {
 fs.mkdir = function(path, mode, callback) {
   if (typeof mode === 'function') callback = mode;
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -806,7 +769,6 @@ fs.mkdir = function(path, mode, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.mkdirSync = function(path, mode) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                        modeNum(mode, 0o777));
@@ -815,8 +777,6 @@ fs.mkdirSync = function(path, mode) {
 fs.readdir = function(path, options, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback);
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -825,7 +785,6 @@ fs.readdir = function(path, options, callback) {
 
 fs.readdirSync = function(path, options) {
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.readdir(pathModule._makeLong(path), options.encoding);
 };
@@ -838,8 +797,6 @@ fs.fstat = function(fd, callback) {
 
 fs.lstat = function(path, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -848,8 +805,6 @@ fs.lstat = function(path, callback) {
 
 fs.stat = function(path, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -861,13 +816,11 @@ fs.fstatSync = function(fd) {
 };
 
 fs.lstatSync = function(path) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.lstat(pathModule._makeLong(path));
 };
 
 fs.statSync = function(path) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.stat(pathModule._makeLong(path));
 };
@@ -875,8 +828,6 @@ fs.statSync = function(path) {
 fs.readlink = function(path, options, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback);
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -885,7 +836,6 @@ fs.readlink = function(path, options, callback) {
 
 fs.readlinkSync = function(path, options) {
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.readlink(pathModule._makeLong(path), options.encoding);
 };
@@ -909,12 +859,6 @@ fs.symlink = function(target, path, type_, callback_) {
   var type = (typeof type_ === 'string' ? type_ : null);
   var callback = makeCallback(arguments[arguments.length - 1]);
 
-  if (handleError((target = getPathFromURL(target)), callback))
-    return;
-
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
-
   if (!nullCheck(target, callback)) return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
 
@@ -929,8 +873,7 @@ fs.symlink = function(target, path, type_, callback_) {
 
 fs.symlinkSync = function(target, path, type) {
   type = (typeof type === 'string' ? type : null);
-  handleError((target = getPathFromURL(target)));
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
+
   nullCheck(target);
   nullCheck(path);
 
@@ -941,13 +884,6 @@ fs.symlinkSync = function(target, path, type) {
 
 fs.link = function(existingPath, newPath, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-
-  if (handleError((existingPath = getPathFromURL(existingPath)), callback))
-    return;
-
-  if (handleError((newPath = getPathFromURL(newPath)), callback))
-    return;
-
   if (!nullCheck(existingPath, callback)) return;
   if (!nullCheck(newPath, callback)) return;
 
@@ -960,8 +896,6 @@ fs.link = function(existingPath, newPath, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.linkSync = function(existingPath, newPath) {
-  handleError((existingPath = getPathFromURL(existingPath)));
-  handleError((newPath = getPathFromURL(newPath)));
   nullCheck(existingPath);
   nullCheck(newPath);
   return binding.link(pathModule._makeLong(existingPath),
@@ -970,8 +904,6 @@ fs.linkSync = function(existingPath, newPath) {
 
 fs.unlink = function(path, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -979,7 +911,6 @@ fs.unlink = function(path, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.unlinkSync = function(path) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.unlink(pathModule._makeLong(path));
 };
@@ -1036,8 +967,6 @@ if (constants.hasOwnProperty('O_SYMLINK')) {
 
 fs.chmod = function(path, mode, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -1047,7 +976,6 @@ fs.chmod = function(path, mode, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.chmodSync = function(path, mode) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.chmod(pathModule._makeLong(path), modeNum(mode));
 };
@@ -1082,8 +1010,6 @@ fs.fchownSync = function(fd, uid, gid) {
 
 fs.chown = function(path, uid, gid, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -1091,7 +1017,6 @@ fs.chown = function(path, uid, gid, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.chownSync = function(path, uid, gid) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   return binding.chown(pathModule._makeLong(path), uid, gid);
 };
@@ -1119,8 +1044,6 @@ fs._toUnixTimestamp = toUnixTimestamp;
 
 fs.utimes = function(path, atime, mtime, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
@@ -1131,7 +1054,6 @@ fs.utimes = function(path, atime, mtime, callback) {
 };
 
 fs.utimesSync = function(path, atime, mtime) {
-  handleError((path = getPathFromURL(path)));
   nullCheck(path);
   atime = toUnixTimestamp(atime);
   mtime = toUnixTimestamp(mtime);
@@ -1292,7 +1214,6 @@ FSWatcher.prototype.start = function(filename,
                                      persistent,
                                      recursive,
                                      encoding) {
-  handleError((filename = getPathFromURL(filename)));
   nullCheck(filename);
   var err = this._handle.start(pathModule._makeLong(filename),
                                persistent,
@@ -1311,7 +1232,6 @@ FSWatcher.prototype.close = function() {
 };
 
 fs.watch = function(filename, options, listener) {
-  handleError((filename = getPathFromURL(filename)));
   nullCheck(filename);
 
   if (typeof options === 'function') {
@@ -1372,7 +1292,6 @@ util.inherits(StatWatcher, EventEmitter);
 
 
 StatWatcher.prototype.start = function(filename, persistent, interval) {
-  handleError((filename = getPathFromURL(filename)));
   nullCheck(filename);
   this._handle.start(pathModule._makeLong(filename), persistent, interval);
 };
@@ -1386,7 +1305,6 @@ StatWatcher.prototype.stop = function() {
 const statWatchers = new Map();
 
 fs.watchFile = function(filename, options, listener) {
-  handleError((filename = getPathFromURL(filename)));
   nullCheck(filename);
   filename = pathModule.resolve(filename);
   var stat;
@@ -1423,7 +1341,6 @@ fs.watchFile = function(filename, options, listener) {
 };
 
 fs.unwatchFile = function(filename, listener) {
-  handleError((filename = getPathFromURL(filename)));
   nullCheck(filename);
   filename = pathModule.resolve(filename);
   var stat = statWatchers.get(filename);
@@ -1467,7 +1384,6 @@ function encodeRealpathResult(result, options) {
 
 fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  handleError((p = getPathFromURL(p)));
   nullCheck(p);
 
   p = p.toString('utf8');
@@ -1571,8 +1487,6 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
 fs.realpath = function realpath(p, options, callback) {
   callback = maybeCallback(typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback);
   options = getOptions(options, {});
-  if (handleError((p = getPathFromURL(p)), callback))
-    return;
   if (!nullCheck(p, callback))
     return;
 
@@ -1731,7 +1645,7 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
 
   Readable.call(this, options);
 
-  handleError((this.path = getPathFromURL(path)));
+  this.path = path;
   this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'r' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
@@ -1894,7 +1808,7 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
 
   Writable.call(this, options);
 
-  handleError((this.path = getPathFromURL(path)));
+  this.path = path;
   this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'w' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 49444880d1f491..3fe6e106d5b1fa 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ const cannotBeBase = Symbol('cannot-be-base');
 const special = Symbol('special');
 const searchParams = Symbol('query');
 const querystring = require('querystring');
-const os = require('os');
-
-const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 
 const kScheme = Symbol('scheme');
 const kHost = Symbol('host');
@@ -1115,66 +1112,6 @@ function urlToOptions(url) {
   return options;
 }
 
-function getPathFromURLWin32(url) {
-  var hostname = url.hostname;
-  var pathname = url.pathname;
-  for (var n = 0; n < pathname.length; n++) {
-    if (pathname[n] === '%') {
-      var third = pathname.codePointAt(n + 2) | 0x20;
-      if ((pathname[n + 1] === '2' && third === 102) || // 2f 2F /
-          (pathname[n + 1] === '5' && third === 99)) {  // 5c 5C \
-        return new Error('Path must not include encoded \\ or / characters');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  pathname = decodeURIComponent(pathname);
-  if (hostname !== '') {
-    // If hostname is set, then we have a UNC path
-    // Pass the hostname through domainToUnicode just in case
-    // it is an IDN using punycode encoding. We do not need to worry
-    // about percent encoding because the URL parser will have
-    // already taken care of that for us. Note that this only
-    // causes IDNs with an appropriate `xn--` prefix to be decoded.
-    return `//${domainToUnicode(hostname)}${pathname}`;
-  } else {
-    // Otherwise, it's a local path that requires a drive letter
-    var letter = pathname.codePointAt(1) | 0x20;
-    var sep = pathname[2];
-    if (letter < 97 || letter > 122 ||   // a..z A..Z
-        (sep !== ':')) {
-      return new Error('File URLs must specify absolute paths');
-    }
-    return pathname.slice(1);
-  }
-}
-
-function getPathFromURLPosix(url) {
-  if (url.hostname !== '') {
-    return new Error(
-      `File URLs on ${os.platform()} must use hostname 'localhost'` +
-      ' or not specify any hostname');
-  }
-  var pathname = url.pathname;
-  for (var n = 0; n < pathname.length; n++) {
-    if (pathname[n] === '%') {
-      var third = pathname.codePointAt(n + 2) | 0x20;
-      if (pathname[n + 1] === '2' && third === 102) {
-        return new Error('Path must not include encoded / characters');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return decodeURIComponent(pathname);
-}
-
-function getPathFromURL(path) {
-  if (!(path instanceof URL))
-    return path;
-  if (path.protocol !== 'file:')
-    return new Error('Only `file:` URLs are supported');
-  return isWindows ? getPathFromURLWin32(path) : getPathFromURLPosix(path);
-}
-
-exports.getPathFromURL = getPathFromURL;
 exports.URL = URL;
 exports.URLSearchParams = URLSearchParams;
 exports.domainToASCII = domainToASCII;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
index 39768489fbee6d..fa29e64c9b2382 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-null-bytes.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const URL = require('url').URL;
 
 function check(async, sync) {
   const expected = /Path must be a string without null bytes/;
@@ -49,62 +48,6 @@ check(null, fs.watch, 'foo\u0000bar', common.fail);
 check(null, fs.watchFile, 'foo\u0000bar', common.fail);
 check(fs.writeFile, fs.writeFileSync, 'foo\u0000bar');
 
-check(fs.access, fs.accessSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.access, fs.accessSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), fs.F_OK);
-check(fs.appendFile, fs.appendFileSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.chmod, fs.chmodSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), '0644');
-check(fs.chown, fs.chownSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 12, 34);
-check(fs.link, fs.linkSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.link, fs.linkSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.lstat, fs.lstatSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.mkdir, fs.mkdirSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), '0755');
-check(fs.open, fs.openSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 'r');
-check(fs.readFile, fs.readFileSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.readdir, fs.readdirSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.readlink, fs.readlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.realpath, fs.realpathSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.rename, fs.renameSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.rename, fs.renameSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.rmdir, fs.rmdirSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.stat, fs.statSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.symlink, fs.symlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.symlink, fs.symlinkSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.truncate, fs.truncateSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(fs.unlink, fs.unlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-check(null, fs.unwatchFile, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), common.fail);
-check(fs.utimes, fs.utimesSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), 0, 0);
-check(null, fs.watch, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), common.fail);
-check(null, fs.watchFile, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'), common.fail);
-check(fs.writeFile, fs.writeFileSync, new URL('file:///foo\u0000bar'));
-
-check(fs.access, fs.accessSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.access, fs.accessSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), fs.F_OK);
-check(fs.appendFile, fs.appendFileSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.chmod, fs.chmodSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), '0644');
-check(fs.chown, fs.chownSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 12, 34);
-check(fs.link, fs.linkSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.link, fs.linkSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.lstat, fs.lstatSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.mkdir, fs.mkdirSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), '0755');
-check(fs.open, fs.openSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 'r');
-check(fs.readFile, fs.readFileSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.readdir, fs.readdirSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.readlink, fs.readlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.realpath, fs.realpathSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.rename, fs.renameSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.rename, fs.renameSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.rmdir, fs.rmdirSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.stat, fs.statSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.symlink, fs.symlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 'foobar');
-check(fs.symlink, fs.symlinkSync, 'foobar', new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.truncate, fs.truncateSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(fs.unlink, fs.unlinkSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-check(null, fs.unwatchFile, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), common.fail);
-check(fs.utimes, fs.utimesSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), 0, 0);
-check(null, fs.watch, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), common.fail);
-check(null, fs.watchFile, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'), common.fail);
-check(fs.writeFile, fs.writeFileSync, new URL('file:///foo%00bar'));
-
 // an 'error' for exists means that it doesn't exist.
 // one of many reasons why this file is the absolute worst.
 fs.exists('foo\u0000bar', common.mustCall((exists) => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-whatwg-url.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-whatwg-url.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a94fd68d7e4fa..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-whatwg-url.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const os = require('os');
-const URL = require('url').URL;
-const Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
-
-function pathToFileURL(p) {
-  if (!path.isAbsolute(p))
-    throw new Error('Path must be absolute');
-  if (common.isWindows && p.startsWith('\\\\'))
-    p = p.slice(2);
-  return new URL(`file://${p}`);
-}
-
-const p = path.resolve(common.fixturesDir, 'a.js');
-const url = pathToFileURL(p);
-
-assert(url instanceof URL);
-
-// Check that we can pass in a URL object successfully
-fs.readFile(url, common.mustCall((err, data) => {
-  assert.ifError(err);
-  assert(Buffer.isBuffer(data));
-}));
-
-// Check that using a non file:// URL reports an error
-const httpUrl = new URL('http://example.org');
-fs.readFile(httpUrl, common.mustCall((err) => {
-  assert(err);
-  assert.strictEqual(err.message,
-                     'Only `file:` URLs are supported');
-}));
-
-// pct-encoded characters in the path will be decoded and checked
-fs.readFile(new URL('file:///c:/tmp/%00test'), common.mustCall((err) => {
-  assert(err);
-  assert.strictEqual(err.message,
-                     'Path must be a string without null bytes');
-}));
-
-if (common.isWindows) {
-  // encoded back and forward slashes are not permitted on windows
-  ['%2f', '%2F', '%5c', '%5C'].forEach((i) => {
-    fs.readFile(new URL(`file:///c:/tmp/${i}`), common.mustCall((err) => {
-      assert(err);
-      assert.strictEqual(err.message,
-                         'Path must not include encoded \\ or / characters');
-    }));
-  });
-} else {
-  // encoded forward slashes are not permitted on other platforms
-  ['%2f', '%2F'].forEach((i) => {
-    fs.readFile(new URL(`file:///c:/tmp/${i}`), common.mustCall((err) => {
-      assert(err);
-      assert.strictEqual(err.message,
-                         'Path must not include encoded / characters');
-    }));
-  });
-
-  fs.readFile(new URL('file://hostname/a/b/c'), common.mustCall((err) => {
-    assert(err);
-    assert.strictEqual(err.message,
-                       `File URLs on ${os.platform()} must use ` +
-                       'hostname \'localhost\' or not specify any hostname');
-  }));
-}