diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 449013906e93e5..c09fca512584ce 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ function spawn(file, args, options) {
     if (signal.aborted) {
       process.nextTick(onAbortListener);
     } else {
-      addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+      addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
       const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAbortListener);
       child.once('exit', disposable[SymbolDispose]);
     }
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 969f696b9e50da..e34e2e81f8d43d 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { deprecate, guessHandleType, promisify } = require('internal/util');
 const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const {
   defaultTriggerAsyncIdScope,
   symbols: { async_id_symbol, owner_symbol },
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ function Socket(type, listener) {
     if (signal.aborted) {
       onAborted();
     } else {
-      const disposable = EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
+      const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
       this.once('close', disposable[SymbolDispose]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 996658e1d3f565..9bb22059c1fd9a 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const {
   validateObject,
   validateString,
 } = require('internal/validators');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 
 const kCapture = Symbol('kCapture');
 const kErrorMonitor = Symbol('events.errorMonitor');
@@ -1222,32 +1223,3 @@ function listenersController() {
     },
   };
 }
-
-let queueMicrotask;
-
-function addAbortListener(signal, listener) {
-  if (signal === undefined) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('signal', 'AbortSignal', signal);
-  }
-  validateAbortSignal(signal, 'signal');
-  validateFunction(listener, 'listener');
-
-  let removeEventListener;
-  if (signal.aborted) {
-    queueMicrotask ??= require('internal/process/task_queues').queueMicrotask;
-    queueMicrotask(() => listener());
-  } else {
-    kResistStopPropagation ??= require('internal/event_target').kResistStopPropagation;
-    // TODO(atlowChemi) add { subscription: true } and return directly
-    signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { __proto__: null, once: true, [kResistStopPropagation]: true });
-    removeEventListener = () => {
-      signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener);
-    };
-  }
-  return {
-    __proto__: null,
-    [SymbolDispose]() {
-      removeEventListener?.();
-    },
-  };
-}
diff --git a/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js b/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..033cbf7b250fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  SymbolDispose,
+} = primordials;
+const {
+  validateAbortSignal,
+  validateFunction,
+} = require('internal/validators');
+const {
+  codes: {
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+  },
+} = require('internal/errors');
+
+let queueMicrotask;
+let kResistStopPropagation;
+
+/**
+ * @param {AbortSignal} signal
+ * @param {EventListener} listener
+ * @returns {Disposable}
+ */
+function addAbortListener(signal, listener) {
+  if (signal === undefined) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('signal', 'AbortSignal', signal);
+  }
+  validateAbortSignal(signal, 'signal');
+  validateFunction(listener, 'listener');
+
+  let removeEventListener;
+  if (signal.aborted) {
+    queueMicrotask ??= require('internal/process/task_queues').queueMicrotask;
+    queueMicrotask(() => listener());
+  } else {
+    kResistStopPropagation ??= require('internal/event_target').kResistStopPropagation;
+    // TODO(atlowChemi) add { subscription: true } and return directly
+    signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { __proto__: null, once: true, [kResistStopPropagation]: true });
+    removeEventListener = () => {
+      signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener);
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    __proto__: null,
+    [SymbolDispose]() {
+      removeEventListener?.();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  __proto__: null,
+  addAbortListener,
+};
diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index a82691a37344f9..296968688e6802 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ assertCrypto();
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const http = require('http');
 const { readUInt16BE, readUInt32BE } = require('internal/buffer');
@@ -1832,7 +1833,7 @@ class ClientHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
       if (signal.aborted) {
         aborter();
       } else {
-        const disposable = EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, aborter);
+        const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, aborter);
         stream.once('close', disposable[SymbolDispose]);
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index f7f06674ef7c41..f8120ca47b2829 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const {
   stripVTControlCharacters,
 } = require('internal/util/inspect');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const {
   charLengthAt,
   charLengthLeft,
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
     if (signal.aborted) {
       process.nextTick(onAborted);
     } else {
-      const disposable = EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
+      const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
       self.once('close', disposable[SymbolDispose]);
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/add-abort-signal.js b/lib/internal/streams/add-abort-signal.js
index 819be3ff63e915..10e5545a28345b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/add-abort-signal.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/add-abort-signal.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module.exports.addAbortSignalNoValidate = function(signal, stream) {
   if (signal.aborted) {
     onAbort();
   } else {
-    addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+    addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
     const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAbort);
     eos(stream, disposable[SymbolDispose]);
   }
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/end-of-stream.js b/lib/internal/streams/end-of-stream.js
index 663222e3149bad..eda08b5fc60b93 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/end-of-stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/end-of-stream.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function eos(stream, options, callback) {
     if (options.signal.aborted) {
       process.nextTick(abort);
     } else {
-      addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+      addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
       const disposable = addAbortListener(options.signal, abort);
       const originalCallback = callback;
       callback = once((...args) => {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function eosWeb(stream, options, callback) {
     if (options.signal.aborted) {
       process.nextTick(abort);
     } else {
-      addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+      addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
       const disposable = addAbortListener(options.signal, abort);
       const originalCallback = callback;
       callback = once((...args) => {
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index aac7f65f0404d8..4cf6b02766b6a8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
     finishImpl(new AbortError());
   }
 
-  addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+  addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
   let disposable;
   if (outerSignal) {
     disposable = addAbortListener(outerSignal, abort);
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
index 1642cfdd15e3c6..d57c1d6d12610e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const {
   Symbol,
 } = primordials;
 const { getCallerLocation } = internalBinding('util');
-const { addAbortListener } = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const { AsyncResource } = require('async_hooks');
 const { AbortController } = require('internal/abort_controller');
 const {
diff --git a/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js b/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js
index 9e018045e520fd..e3f37557a627dc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js
+++ b/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 const { TIMEOUT_MAX } = require('internal/timers');
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const { watch } = require('fs');
 const { fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
 const { resolve, dirname } = require('path');
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class FilesWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     this.#signal = signal;
 
     if (signal) {
-      EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, () => this.clear());
+      addAbortListener(signal, () => this.clear());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js b/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
index d4526011bec46d..f30788421f2cc4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/webstreams/readablestream.js
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ function readableStreamPipeTo(
       abortAlgorithm();
       return promise.promise;
     }
-    addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+    addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
     disposable = addAbortListener(signal, abortAlgorithm);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index de2cd517eb4580..c72beaaef34f65 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const {
 } = primordials;
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 const stream = require('stream');
 let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('net', (fn) => {
   debug = fn;
@@ -1631,7 +1632,7 @@ function addClientAbortSignalOption(self, options) {
     process.nextTick(onAbort);
   } else {
     process.nextTick(() => {
-      disposable = EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, onAbort);
+      disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAbort);
     });
   }
 }
@@ -1723,7 +1724,7 @@ function addServerAbortSignalOption(self, options) {
   if (signal.aborted) {
     process.nextTick(onAborted);
   } else {
-    const disposable = EventEmitter.addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
+    const disposable = addAbortListener(signal, onAborted);
     self.once('close', disposable[SymbolDispose]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index 5276d9401b4c12..509c7022ee95cc 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Interface.prototype.question = function question(query, options, cb) {
     const onAbort = () => {
       this[kQuestionCancel]();
     };
-    addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+    addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
     const disposable = addAbortListener(options.signal, onAbort);
     const originalCb = cb;
     cb = typeof cb === 'function' ? (answer) => {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Interface.prototype.question[promisify.custom] = function question(query, option
       const onAbort = () => {
         reject(new AbortError(undefined, { cause: options.signal.reason }));
       };
-      addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+      addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
       const disposable = addAbortListener(options.signal, onAbort);
       cb = (answer) => {
         disposable[SymbolDispose]();
diff --git a/lib/readline/promises.js b/lib/readline/promises.js
index 4c2ce90479ef8f..ccd0745a33f941 100644
--- a/lib/readline/promises.js
+++ b/lib/readline/promises.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Interface extends _Interface {
           this[kQuestionCancel]();
           reject(new AbortError(undefined, { cause: options.signal.reason }));
         };
-        addAbortListener ??= require('events').addAbortListener;
+        addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
         const disposable = addAbortListener(options.signal, onAbort);
 
         cb = (answer) => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
index 124e106067640f..6327fbeb2e7e1b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ expected.beforePreExec = new Set([
   'Internal Binding module_wrap',
   'NativeModule internal/modules/cjs/loader',
   'Internal Binding wasm_web_api',
+  'NativeModule internal/events/abort_listener',
 ]);
 
 expected.atRunTime = new Set([