diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 6e483a13b7d6c5..262717980f3a48 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ rules:
     object: assert,
     property: deepEqual,
     message: Please use assert.deepStrictEqual().
+  }, {
+    property: __defineGetter__,
+    message: __defineGetter__ is deprecated.
+  }, {
+    property: __defineSetter__,
+    message: __defineSetter__ is deprecated.
   }]
 
   # Stylistic Issues
@@ -112,7 +118,6 @@ rules:
   align-multiline-assignment: 2
   assert-fail-single-argument: 2
   new-with-error: [2, Error, RangeError, TypeError, SyntaxError, ReferenceError]
-  no-definegetter-definesetter: 2
 
 # Global scoped method and vars
 globals:
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/no-definegetter-definesetter.js b/tools/eslint-rules/no-definegetter-definesetter.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de010f47f203c..00000000000000
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/no-definegetter-definesetter.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Rule to flag usage of __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__
- * @author Rich Trott
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Rule Definition
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-module.exports = {
-  create: function(context) {
-    const disallowed = ['__defineGetter__', '__defineSetter__'];
-
-    return {
-      MemberExpression: function(node) {
-        var prop;
-        if (node.property) {
-          if (node.property.type === 'Identifier' && !node.computed) {
-            prop = node.property.name;
-          } else if (node.property.type === 'Literal') {
-            prop = node.property.value;
-          }
-          if (disallowed.includes(prop)) {
-            context.report(node, `The ${prop} property is deprecated.`);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    };
-  }
-};