diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index 09afc4d713bd9b..42862c02da98d8 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function alignPool() {
 var bufferWarn = true;
 const bufferWarning = 'The Buffer() and new Buffer() constructors are not ' +
                       'recommended for use due to security and usability ' +
-                      'concerns. Please use the new Buffer.alloc(), ' +
+                      'concerns. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), ' +
                       'Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() construction ' +
                       'methods instead.';
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js
index 15b5a5140e184a..ba9f1b7bd7b592 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-pending-deprecation.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 
 const bufferWarning = 'The Buffer() and new Buffer() constructors are not ' +
                       'recommended for use due to security and usability ' +
-                      'concerns. Please use the new Buffer.alloc(), ' +
+                      'concerns. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), ' +
                       'Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() construction ' +
                       'methods instead.';