diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 1c732802ef28aa..bfd22ce4e6cae1 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -687,9 +687,10 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
           this._events = { __proto__: null };
         } else {
           delete events[type];
-          if (events.removeListener)
-            this.emit('removeListener', type, list.listener || listener);
         }
+
+        if (events.removeListener !== undefined)
+          this.emit('removeListener', type, list.listener || listener);
       } else if (typeof list !== 'function') {
         let position = -1;
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-remove-listeners.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-remove-listeners.js
index f37d26eb258c23..7b94d31f45d221 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-remove-listeners.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-remove-listeners.js
@@ -168,3 +168,19 @@ function listener2() {}
   ee.removeListener('foo', listener1);
   assert.strictEqual(ee._events.foo, listener2);
 }
+
+{
+  const { Writable } = require('stream');
+  const stream = new Writable({
+    write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      callback();
+    }
+  });
+
+  stream.on('removeListener', common.mustCall((eventName, listener) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(eventName, 'finish');
+  }));
+
+  stream.once('finish', common.mustCall());
+  stream.end();
+}