diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/request.js b/lib/web/fetch/request.js
index bc436aa9705..51bb2b3ab14 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/request.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/request.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const { webidl } = require('./webidl')
 const { URLSerializer } = require('./data-url')
 const { kConstruct } = require('../../core/symbols')
 const assert = require('node:assert')
-const { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, getEventListeners, defaultMaxListeners } = require('node:events')
+const { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, defaultMaxListeners } = require('node:events')
 
 const kAbortController = Symbol('abortController')
 
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ class Request {
           // This is only available in node >= v19.9.0
           if (typeof getMaxListeners === 'function' && getMaxListeners(signal) === defaultMaxListeners) {
             setMaxListeners(1500, signal)
-          } else if (getEventListeners(signal, 'abort').length >= defaultMaxListeners) {
-            setMaxListeners(1500, signal)
           }
         } catch {}
 
diff --git a/test/fetch/max-listeners.js b/test/fetch/max-listeners.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36e4fef101b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fetch/max-listeners.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { setMaxListeners, getMaxListeners, defaultMaxListeners } = require('events')
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
+const { Request } = require('../..')
+
+test('test max listeners', (t) => {
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+  setMaxListeners(Infinity, controller.signal)
+  for (let i = 0; i <= defaultMaxListeners; i++) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new
+    new Request('http://asd', { signal: controller.signal })
+  }
+  assert.strictEqual(getMaxListeners(controller.signal), Infinity)
+})