diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 121309895343b7..340417013aa059 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ exports.createServer = function(options, connectionListener) {
 // connect(port, [host], [cb])
 // connect(path, [cb]);
 //
-exports.connect = exports.createConnection = function() {
-  var args = new Array(arguments.length);
-  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
-    args[i] = arguments[i];
+exports.connect = exports.createConnection = function(...args) {
   args = normalizeArgs(args);
   debug('createConnection', args);
   var s = new Socket(args[0]);
@@ -887,7 +884,7 @@ function connect(self, address, port, addressType, localAddress, localPort) {
 }
 
 
-Socket.prototype.connect = function(options, cb) {
+Socket.prototype.connect = function(options, cb, ...args) {
   if (this.write !== Socket.prototype.write)
     this.write = Socket.prototype.write;
 
@@ -895,9 +892,7 @@ Socket.prototype.connect = function(options, cb) {
     // Old API:
     // connect(port, [host], [cb])
     // connect(path, [cb]);
-    var args = new Array(arguments.length);
-    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
-      args[i] = arguments[i];
+    args.unshift(options, cb);
     args = normalizeArgs(args);
     return Socket.prototype.connect.apply(this, args);
   }
@@ -1334,10 +1329,7 @@ function listen(self, address, port, addressType, backlog, fd, exclusive) {
 }
 
 
-Server.prototype.listen = function() {
-  var args = new Array(arguments.length);
-  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
-    args[i] = arguments[i];
+Server.prototype.listen = function(...args) {
   var [options, cb] = normalizeArgs(args);
 
   if (typeof cb === 'function') {