2 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js b/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
index 17e4fe5c9d..9d5fcad49c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
@@ -22,26 +22,22 @@ const {
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { setTimeout } = require('timers');
 const notEmptyErrorCodes = new Set(['ENOTEMPTY', 'EEXIST', 'EPERM']);
+const retryErrorCodes = new Set(['EBUSY', 'EMFILE', 'ENOTEMPTY', 'EPERM']);
 const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 const epermHandler = isWindows ? fixWinEPERM : _rmdir;
 const epermHandlerSync = isWindows ? fixWinEPERMSync : _rmdirSync;
 
 
 function rimraf(path, options, callback) {
-  let timeout = 0;  // For EMFILE handling.
   let retries = 0;
 
   _rimraf(path, options, function CB(err) {
     if (err) {
-      if ((err.code === 'EBUSY' || err.code === 'ENOTEMPTY' ||
-           err.code === 'EPERM') && retries < options.maxRetries) {
+      if (retryErrorCodes.has(err.code) && retries < options.maxRetries) {
         retries++;
         return setTimeout(_rimraf, retries * 100, path, options, CB);
       }
 
-      if (err.code === 'EMFILE' && timeout < options.emfileWait)
-        return setTimeout(_rimraf, timeout++, path, options, CB);
-
       // The file is already gone.
       if (err.code === 'ENOENT')
         err = null;
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 5274d74cdb..f71a21b7d4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ const {
 const { once } = require('internal/util');
 const { toPathIfFileURL } = require('internal/url');
 const {
-  validateInt32,
   validateUint32
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const pathModule = require('path');
@@ -566,7 +565,6 @@ function warnOnNonPortableTemplate(template) {
 }
 
 const defaultRmdirOptions = {
-  emfileWait: 1000,
   maxRetries: 0,
   recursive: false,
 };
@@ -582,7 +580,6 @@ const validateRmdirOptions = hideStackFrames((options) => {
   if (typeof options.recursive !== 'boolean')
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('recursive', 'boolean', options.recursive);
 
-  validateInt32(options.emfileWait, 'emfileWait', 0);
   validateUint32(options.maxRetries, 'maxRetries');
 
   return options;