diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index a9c940c6831f46..e40aaa870289e8 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -275,11 +275,8 @@ function Socket(options) {
       throw errnoException(err, 'open');
 
     this[async_id_symbol] = this._handle.getAsyncId();
-    // options.fd can be string (since it is user-defined),
-    // so changing this to === would be semver-major
-    // See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11513
-    // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
-    if ((fd == 1 || fd == 2) &&
+
+    if ((fd === 1 || fd === 2) &&
         (this._handle instanceof Pipe) &&
         process.platform === 'win32') {
       // Make stdout and stderr blocking on Windows