diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMClientInjection.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMClientInjection.js
index af10e6b9047af..10b3c00eebf0d 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMClientInjection.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMClientInjection.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import * as EventPluginHub from 'events/EventPluginHub';
 import * as EventPluginUtils from 'events/EventPluginUtils';
 
 import * as ReactDOMComponentTree from './ReactDOMComponentTree';
-import AuxClickEventPlugin from '../events/AuxClickEventPlugin';
 import BeforeInputEventPlugin from '../events/BeforeInputEventPlugin';
 import ChangeEventPlugin from '../events/ChangeEventPlugin';
 import DOMEventPluginOrder from '../events/DOMEventPluginOrder';
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ EventPluginUtils.injection.injectComponentTree(ReactDOMComponentTree);
  */
 EventPluginHub.injection.injectEventPluginsByName({
   SimpleEventPlugin: SimpleEventPlugin,
-  AuxClickEventPlugin: AuxClickEventPlugin,
   EnterLeaveEventPlugin: EnterLeaveEventPlugin,
   ChangeEventPlugin: ChangeEventPlugin,
   SelectEventPlugin: SelectEventPlugin,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/AuxClickEventPlugin.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/AuxClickEventPlugin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fcd19f111067..0000000000000
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/AuxClickEventPlugin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @flow
- */
-
-import {accumulateTwoPhaseDispatches} from 'events/EventPropagators';
-
-import SyntheticMouseEvent from './SyntheticMouseEvent';
-
-const eventTypes = {
-  auxClick: {
-    phasedRegistrationNames: {
-      bubbled: 'onAuxClick',
-      captured: 'onAuxClickCapture',
-    },
-    dependencies: ['topAuxClick', 'topClick'],
-  },
-};
-
-const AuxClickEventPlugin = {
-  eventTypes,
-
-  extractEvents(
-    topLevelType: mixed,
-    targetInst: mixed,
-    nativeEvent: MouseEvent,
-    nativeEventTarget: EventTarget,
-  ) {
-    if (topLevelType === 'topClick' && nativeEvent.button === 0) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    let event = SyntheticMouseEvent.getPooled(
-      eventTypes.auxClick,
-      targetInst,
-      nativeEvent,
-      nativeEventTarget,
-    );
-    event.type = 'auxclick';
-
-    accumulateTwoPhaseDispatches(event);
-    return event;
-  },
-};
-
-export default AuxClickEventPlugin;
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventPluginOrder.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventPluginOrder.js
index b695fcaf028a7..0896938b97831 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventPluginOrder.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventPluginOrder.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 const DOMEventPluginOrder = [
   'ResponderEventPlugin',
   'SimpleEventPlugin',
-  'AuxClickEventPlugin',
   'TapEventPlugin',
   'EnterLeaveEventPlugin',
   'ChangeEventPlugin',
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMTopLevelEventTypes.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMTopLevelEventTypes.js
index dc526a0ef00b7..fb0cee3eedc36 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMTopLevelEventTypes.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMTopLevelEventTypes.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const TOP_CONTEXT_MENU = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType(
 export const TOP_COPY = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('copy');
 export const TOP_CUT = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('cut');
 export const TOP_DOUBLE_CLICK = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('dblclick');
+export const TOP_AUX_CLICK = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('auxclick');
 export const TOP_DRAG = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('drag');
 export const TOP_DRAG_END = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('dragend');
 export const TOP_DRAG_ENTER = unsafeCastStringToDOMTopLevelType('dragenter');
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/SimpleEventPlugin.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/SimpleEventPlugin.js
index b3a45bfbe8121..5e34194f03e49 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/SimpleEventPlugin.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/SimpleEventPlugin.js
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ const SimpleEventPlugin: PluginModule<MouseEvent> & {
           return null;
         }
       /* falls through */
+      case DOMTopLevelEventTypes.TOP_AUX_CLICK:
       case DOMTopLevelEventTypes.TOP_DOUBLE_CLICK:
       case DOMTopLevelEventTypes.TOP_MOUSE_DOWN:
       case DOMTopLevelEventTypes.TOP_MOUSE_MOVE:
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/AuxClickEventPlugin-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/AuxClickEventPlugin-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index efe040ae70c5f..0000000000000
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/AuxClickEventPlugin-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @emails react-core
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-var React;
-var ReactDOM;
-
-describe('AuxClickEventPlugin', () => {
-  var container;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.resetModules();
-
-    React = require('react');
-    ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
-
-    // The container has to be attached for events to fire.
-    container = document.createElement('div');
-    document.body.appendChild(container);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    document.body.removeChild(container);
-    container = null;
-  });
-
-  it('should not fire auxclick on primary mouse button click', () => {
-    let cb = jest.fn();
-    let node = ReactDOM.render(<button onAuxClick={cb}>foo</button>, container);
-
-    node.dispatchEvent(
-      new MouseEvent('click', {
-        bubbles: true,
-        cancelable: true,
-        button: 0,
-      }),
-    );
-
-    expect(cb).not.toBeCalled();
-  });
-
-  it('should fire auxclick on secondary mouse button click', () => {
-    let cb = jest.fn();
-    let node = ReactDOM.render(<button onAuxClick={cb}>foo</button>, container);
-
-    node.dispatchEvent(
-      new MouseEvent('click', {
-        bubbles: true,
-        cancelable: true,
-        button: 1,
-      }),
-    );
-
-    expect(cb).toBeCalled();
-  });
-
-  it('should respond to native auxclick', () => {
-    let cb = jest.fn();
-    let node = ReactDOM.render(<button onAuxClick={cb}>foo</button>, container);
-
-    node.dispatchEvent(
-      new MouseEvent('auxclick', {
-        bubbles: true,
-        cancelable: true,
-        button: 1,
-      }),
-    );
-
-    expect(cb).toBeCalled();
-  });
-});