diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 7c9588412969f..43a0b8caef01a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     ],
     "@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-ignore": ["off"],
     "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function": ["off"],
-    "no-return-await": "error"
+    "no-return-await": "error",
+    "require-await": "error"
   },
   "overrides": [
     {
diff --git a/cli/js/buffer.ts b/cli/js/buffer.ts
index 91c06a202cbc7..db2bb22e4d073 100644
--- a/cli/js/buffer.ts
+++ b/cli/js/buffer.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Buffer implements Reader, SyncReader, Writer, SyncWriter {
     return nread;
   }
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | EOF> {
     const rr = this.readSync(p);
     return Promise.resolve(rr);
   }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class Buffer implements Reader, SyncReader, Writer, SyncWriter {
     return copyBytes(this.buf, p, m);
   }
 
-  async write(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
+  write(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
     const n = this.writeSync(p);
     return Promise.resolve(n);
   }
diff --git a/cli/js/compiler.ts b/cli/js/compiler.ts
index 914a0baf08a77..419f07063aade 100644
--- a/cli/js/compiler.ts
+++ b/cli/js/compiler.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ async function runtimeCompile(
   }
 }
 
-async function runtimeTranspile(
+function runtimeTranspile(
   request: CompilerRequestRuntimeTranspile
 ): Promise<Record<string, TranspileOnlyResult>> {
   const result: Record<string, TranspileOnlyResult> = {};
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async function runtimeTranspile(
     );
     result[fileName] = { source, map };
   }
-  return result;
+  return Promise.resolve(result);
 }
 
 async function tsCompilerOnMessage({
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fetch.ts b/cli/js/ops/fetch.ts
index 8d6a461ab3d7e..09b9ac1eca3e0 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fetch.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fetch.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface FetchResponse {
   headers: Array<[string, string]>;
 }
 
-export async function fetch(
+export function fetch(
   args: FetchRequest,
   body: ArrayBufferView | undefined
 ): Promise<FetchResponse> {
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/make_temp.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/make_temp.ts
index aeab9afc7acf0..85dea5f20998c 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/make_temp.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/make_temp.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ export function makeTempDirSync(options: MakeTempOptions = {}): string {
   return sendSync("op_make_temp_dir", options);
 }
 
-export async function makeTempDir(
-  options: MakeTempOptions = {}
-): Promise<string> {
+export function makeTempDir(options: MakeTempOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_make_temp_dir", options);
 }
 
@@ -21,8 +19,6 @@ export function makeTempFileSync(options: MakeTempOptions = {}): string {
   return sendSync("op_make_temp_file", options);
 }
 
-export async function makeTempFile(
-  options: MakeTempOptions = {}
-): Promise<string> {
+export function makeTempFile(options: MakeTempOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_make_temp_file", options);
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/open.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/open.ts
index 2ac5c715cded2..87696935f32e9 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/open.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/open.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function openSync(
   return sendSync("op_open", { path, options, openMode, mode });
 }
 
-export async function open(
+export function open(
   path: string,
   openMode: OpenMode | undefined,
   options: OpenOptions | undefined
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/read_link.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/read_link.ts
index 403cd6def2517..4ac8db3dbab82 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/read_link.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/read_link.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export function readlinkSync(path: string): string {
   return sendSync("op_read_link", { path });
 }
 
-export async function readlink(path: string): Promise<string> {
+export function readlink(path: string): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_read_link", { path });
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/realpath.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/realpath.ts
index e68e32bf020e5..e8a904079873a 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/realpath.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/realpath.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ export function realpathSync(path: string): string {
   return sendSync("op_realpath", { path });
 }
 
-export async function realpath(path: string): Promise<string> {
+export function realpath(path: string): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_realpath", { path });
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs/seek.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs/seek.ts
index dfac9bf636bd6..c7e4c9172fc3c 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs/seek.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs/seek.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function seekSync(
   return sendSync("op_seek", { rid, offset, whence });
 }
 
-export async function seek(
+export function seek(
   rid: number,
   offset: number,
   whence: SeekMode
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/fs_events.ts b/cli/js/ops/fs_events.ts
index 706efc1b0d82f..4c08995b85636 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/fs_events.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/fs_events.ts
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ class FsEvents implements AsyncIterableIterator<FsEvent> {
     this.rid = sendSync("op_fs_events_open", { recursive, paths });
   }
 
-  async next(): Promise<IteratorResult<FsEvent>> {
+  next(): Promise<IteratorResult<FsEvent>> {
     return sendAsync("op_fs_events_poll", {
       rid: this.rid
     });
   }
 
-  async return(value?: FsEvent): Promise<IteratorResult<FsEvent>> {
+  return(value?: FsEvent): Promise<IteratorResult<FsEvent>> {
     close(this.rid);
-    return { value, done: true };
+    return Promise.resolve({ value, done: true });
   }
 
   [Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterableIterator<FsEvent> {
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/net.ts b/cli/js/ops/net.ts
index 5a72be8c6e7de..25f3a83229601 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/net.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/net.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ interface AcceptResponse {
   };
 }
 
-export async function accept(rid: number): Promise<AcceptResponse> {
+export function accept(rid: number): Promise<AcceptResponse> {
   return sendAsync("op_accept", { rid });
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export interface ConnectRequest {
   port: number;
 }
 
-export async function connect(args: ConnectRequest): Promise<ConnectResponse> {
+export function connect(args: ConnectRequest): Promise<ConnectResponse> {
   return sendAsync("op_connect", args);
 }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ interface ReceiveResponse {
   };
 }
 
-export async function receive(
+export function receive(
   rid: number,
   zeroCopy: Uint8Array
 ): Promise<ReceiveResponse> {
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/process.ts b/cli/js/ops/process.ts
index 845909d5dda1a..384718cefa418 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/process.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/process.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface RunStatusResponse {
   exitSignal: number;
 }
 
-export async function runStatus(rid: number): Promise<RunStatusResponse> {
+export function runStatus(rid: number): Promise<RunStatusResponse> {
   return sendAsync("op_run_status", { rid });
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/repl.ts b/cli/js/ops/repl.ts
index 3f40f44561155..1781aa08931ad 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/repl.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/repl.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ export function startRepl(historyFile: string): number {
   return sendSync("op_repl_start", { historyFile });
 }
 
-export async function readline(rid: number, prompt: string): Promise<string> {
+export function readline(rid: number, prompt: string): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_repl_readline", { rid, prompt });
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/runtime_compiler.ts b/cli/js/ops/runtime_compiler.ts
index 035a4ef59a291..b46670acef093 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/runtime_compiler.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/runtime_compiler.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ interface CompileRequest {
   bundle: boolean;
 }
 
-export async function compile(request: CompileRequest): Promise<string> {
+export function compile(request: CompileRequest): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_compile", request);
 }
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ interface TranspileRequest {
   options?: string;
 }
 
-export async function transpile(request: TranspileRequest): Promise<string> {
+export function transpile(request: TranspileRequest): Promise<string> {
   return sendAsync("op_transpile", request);
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/signal.ts b/cli/js/ops/signal.ts
index 3c8d021a03fa5..09c1781054223 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/signal.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/signal.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function bindSignal(signo: number): { rid: number } {
   return sendSync("op_signal_bind", { signo });
 }
 
-export async function pollSignal(rid: number): Promise<{ done: boolean }> {
+export function pollSignal(rid: number): Promise<{ done: boolean }> {
   return sendAsync("op_signal_poll", { rid });
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/tls.ts b/cli/js/ops/tls.ts
index b52ad65bbe141..e52143cb073a0 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/tls.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/tls.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface ConnectTLSResponse {
   };
 }
 
-export async function connectTLS(
+export function connectTLS(
   args: ConnectTLSRequest
 ): Promise<ConnectTLSResponse> {
   return sendAsync("op_connect_tls", args);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ interface AcceptTLSResponse {
   };
 }
 
-export async function acceptTLS(rid: number): Promise<AcceptTLSResponse> {
+export function acceptTLS(rid: number): Promise<AcceptTLSResponse> {
   return sendAsync("op_accept_tls", { rid });
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/ops/worker_host.ts b/cli/js/ops/worker_host.ts
index 1a7e671f4e83c..0b9f81795a9b3 100644
--- a/cli/js/ops/worker_host.ts
+++ b/cli/js/ops/worker_host.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ export function hostPostMessage(id: number, data: Uint8Array): void {
   sendSync("op_host_post_message", { id }, data);
 }
 
-export async function hostGetMessage(id: number): Promise<any> {
+export function hostGetMessage(id: number): Promise<any> {
   return sendAsync("op_host_get_message", { id });
 }
diff --git a/cli/js/permissions.ts b/cli/js/permissions.ts
index 097c5048aabe2..8c2025319fdde 100644
--- a/cli/js/permissions.ts
+++ b/cli/js/permissions.ts
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ export class PermissionStatus {
 }
 
 export class Permissions {
-  async query(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
+  query(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
     const state = permissionsOps.query(desc);
-    return new PermissionStatus(state);
+    return Promise.resolve(new PermissionStatus(state));
   }
 
-  async revoke(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
+  revoke(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
     const state = permissionsOps.revoke(desc);
-    return new PermissionStatus(state);
+    return Promise.resolve(new PermissionStatus(state));
   }
 
-  async request(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
+  request(desc: PermissionDescriptor): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
     const state = permissionsOps.request(desc);
-    return new PermissionStatus(state);
+    return Promise.resolve(new PermissionStatus(state));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/process.ts b/cli/js/process.ts
index 991133047d3d9..ded1458a2155f 100644
--- a/cli/js/process.ts
+++ b/cli/js/process.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class Process {
     }
   }
 
-  async status(): Promise<ProcessStatus> {
+  status(): Promise<ProcessStatus> {
     return runStatus(this.rid);
   }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/testing.ts b/cli/js/testing.ts
index 08bb2db8719bc..22e719719fb94 100644
--- a/cli/js/testing.ts
+++ b/cli/js/testing.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class ConsoleTestReporter implements TestReporter {
     this.encoder = new TextEncoder();
   }
 
-  private log(msg: string, noNewLine = false): void {
+  private log(msg: string, noNewLine = false): Promise<void> {
     if (!noNewLine) {
       msg += "\n";
     }
@@ -298,19 +298,22 @@ export class ConsoleTestReporter implements TestReporter {
     // compared to `console.log`; `core.print` on the other hand
     // is line-buffered and doesn't output message without newline
     stdout.writeSync(this.encoder.encode(msg));
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  async start(event: TestEventStart): Promise<void> {
+  start(event: TestEventStart): Promise<void> {
     this.log(`running ${event.tests} tests`);
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  async testStart(event: TestEventTestStart): Promise<void> {
+  testStart(event: TestEventTestStart): Promise<void> {
     const { name } = event;
 
     this.log(`test ${name} ... `, true);
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  async testEnd(event: TestEventTestEnd): Promise<void> {
+  testEnd(event: TestEventTestEnd): Promise<void> {
     const { result } = event;
 
     switch (result.status) {
@@ -324,9 +327,11 @@ export class ConsoleTestReporter implements TestReporter {
         this.log(`${YELLOW_IGNORED} ${formatDuration(result.duration)}`);
         break;
     }
+
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  async end(event: TestEventEnd): Promise<void> {
+  end(event: TestEventEnd): Promise<void> {
     const { stats, duration, results } = event;
     // Attempting to match the output of Rust's test runner.
     const failedTests = results.filter(r => r.error);
@@ -354,6 +359,8 @@ export class ConsoleTestReporter implements TestReporter {
         `${stats.filtered} filtered out ` +
         `${formatDuration(duration)}\n`
     );
+
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/dispatch_json_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/dispatch_json_test.ts
index a2306dda8ced9..4e95b86a2858f 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/dispatch_json_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/dispatch_json_test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ unitTest(
   }
 );
 
-unitTest(async function malformedJsonControlBuffer(): Promise<void> {
+unitTest(function malformedJsonControlBuffer(): void {
   // @ts-ignore
   const opId = Deno.core.ops()["op_open"];
   // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/dispatch_minimal_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/dispatch_minimal_test.ts
index 724a4169815ed..60bb620db6966 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/dispatch_minimal_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/dispatch_minimal_test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ unitTest(async function sendAsyncStackTrace(): Promise<void> {
   }
 });
 
-unitTest(async function malformedMinimalControlBuffer(): Promise<void> {
+unitTest(function malformedMinimalControlBuffer(): void {
   // @ts-ignore
   const readOpId = Deno.core.ops()["op_read"];
   // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/event_target_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/event_target_test.ts
index 09d47f7048c9c..020db1acd3ea8 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/event_target_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/event_target_test.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ unitTest(function eventTargetShouldAcceptAsyncFunction(): void {
   const event = new Event("foo", { bubbles: true, cancelable: false });
   let callCount = 0;
 
-  const listener = async (e: Event): Promise<void> => {
+  const listener = (e: Event): void => {
     assertEquals(e, event);
     ++callCount;
   };
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ unitTest(
     let callCount = 0;
 
     const listener = {
-      async handleEvent(e: Event): Promise<void> {
+      handleEvent(e: Event): void {
         assertEquals(e, event);
         ++callCount;
       }
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/files_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/files_test.ts
index b087d7398daf0..39af460b8850d 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/files_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/files_test.ts
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ unitTest(async function readerToAsyncIterator(): Promise<void> {
 
     constructor(private readonly s: string) {}
 
-    async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+    read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
       const n = Math.min(p.byteLength, this.buf.byteLength - this.offset);
       p.set(this.buf.slice(this.offset, this.offset + n));
       this.offset += n;
 
       if (n === 0) {
-        return Deno.EOF;
+        return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
       }
 
-      return n;
+      return Promise.resolve(n);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/process_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/process_test.ts
index 77c3065eb4adc..e2da6cab59c3f 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/process_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/process_test.ts
@@ -359,9 +359,7 @@ if (Deno.build.os !== "win") {
     p.close();
   });
 
-  unitTest({ perms: { run: true } }, async function killFailed(): Promise<
-    void
-  > {
+  unitTest({ perms: { run: true } }, function killFailed(): void {
     const p = run({
       args: ["python", "-c", "from time import sleep; sleep(10000)"]
     });
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/read_link_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/read_link_test.ts
index 409f3711018e0..156b31070d860 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/read_link_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/read_link_test.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ unitTest(
   }
 );
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function readlinkSyncPerm(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, function readlinkSyncPerm(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
   try {
     Deno.readlinkSync("/symlink");
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/signal_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/signal_test.ts
index e4339e2908879..c966e696b9ed6 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/signal_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/signal_test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function defer(n: number): Promise<void> {
 
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os !== "win" },
-  async function signalsNotImplemented(): Promise<void> {
+  function signalsNotImplemented(): void {
     assertThrows(
       () => {
         Deno.signal(1);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ unitTest(
 
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os === "win", perms: { run: true } },
-  async function signalShorthandsTest(): Promise<void> {
+  function signalShorthandsTest(): void {
     let s: Deno.SignalStream;
     s = Deno.signals.alarm(); // for SIGALRM
     assert(s instanceof Deno.SignalStream);
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/stat_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/stat_test.ts
index e51204b6e157a..78582900ee13f 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/stat_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/stat_test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import { unitTest, assert, assertEquals } from "./test_util.ts";
 
 // TODO Add tests for modified, accessed, and created fields once there is a way
 // to create temp files.
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSyncSuccess(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function statSyncSuccess(): void {
   const packageInfo = Deno.statSync("README.md");
   assert(packageInfo.isFile());
   assert(!packageInfo.isSymlink());
@@ -19,9 +17,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSyncSuccess(): Promise<
   assert(!testsInfo.isSymlink());
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function statSyncPerm(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, function statSyncPerm(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
   try {
     Deno.statSync("README.md");
@@ -32,9 +28,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function statSyncPerm(): Promise<
   assert(caughtError);
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSyncNotFound(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function statSyncNotFound(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
   let badInfo;
 
@@ -49,9 +43,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function statSyncNotFound(): Promise<
   assertEquals(badInfo, undefined);
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function lstatSyncSuccess(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function lstatSyncSuccess(): void {
   const packageInfo = Deno.lstatSync("README.md");
   assert(packageInfo.isFile());
   assert(!packageInfo.isSymlink());
@@ -65,9 +57,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function lstatSyncSuccess(): Promise<
   assert(!coreInfo.isSymlink());
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function lstatSyncPerm(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, function lstatSyncPerm(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
   try {
     Deno.lstatSync("README.md");
@@ -78,9 +68,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: false } }, async function lstatSyncPerm(): Promise<
   assert(caughtError);
 });
 
-unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function lstatSyncNotFound(): Promise<
-  void
-> {
+unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function lstatSyncNotFound(): void {
   let caughtError = false;
   let badInfo;
 
@@ -185,7 +173,7 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function lstatNotFound(): Promise<
 
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os !== "win", perms: { read: true, write: true } },
-  async function statNoUnixFields(): Promise<void> {
+  function statNoUnixFields(): void {
     const enc = new TextEncoder();
     const data = enc.encode("Hello");
     const tempDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
@@ -206,7 +194,7 @@ unitTest(
 
 unitTest(
   { ignore: Deno.build.os === "win", perms: { read: true, write: true } },
-  async function statUnixFields(): Promise<void> {
+  function statUnixFields(): void {
     const enc = new TextEncoder();
     const data = enc.encode("Hello");
     const tempDir = Deno.makeTempDirSync();
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts b/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
index 42301cf726e9e..980d32bac403b 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/test_util.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ unitTest(function permissionsMatches(): void {
  */
 unitTest(
   { perms: { read: true } },
-  async function assertAllUnitTestFilesImported(): Promise<void> {
+  function assertAllUnitTestFilesImported(): void {
     const directoryTestFiles = Deno.readdirSync("./cli/js/tests/")
       .map(k => k.name)
       .filter(
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/timers_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/timers_test.ts
index 077e27ae68682..b7da6a8471c83 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/timers_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/timers_test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function deferred(): {
   };
 }
 
-async function waitForMs(ms: number): Promise<number> {
+function waitForMs(ms: number): Promise<number> {
   return new Promise((resolve: () => void): number => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ unitTest(async function intervalOrdering(): Promise<void> {
   assertEquals(timeouts, 1);
 });
 
-unitTest(async function intervalCancelInvalidSilentFail(): Promise<void> {
+unitTest(function intervalCancelInvalidSilentFail(): void {
   // Should silently fail (no panic)
   clearInterval(2147483647);
 });
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ unitTest(async function timeoutBindThis(): Promise<void> {
   }
 });
 
-unitTest(async function clearTimeoutShouldConvertToNumber(): Promise<void> {
+unitTest(function clearTimeoutShouldConvertToNumber(): void {
   let called = false;
   const obj = {
     valueOf(): number {
diff --git a/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts b/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
index b405a94dd97e9..20dd62f9b1ef9 100644
--- a/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
+++ b/cli/js/tests/tls_test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ unitTest(async function connectTLSCertFileNoReadPerm(): Promise<void> {
 
 unitTest(
   { perms: { read: true, net: true } },
-  async function listenTLSNonExistentCertKeyFiles(): Promise<void> {
+  function listenTLSNonExistentCertKeyFiles(): void {
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
@@ -70,30 +70,27 @@ unitTest(
   }
 );
 
-unitTest(
-  { perms: { net: true } },
-  async function listenTLSNoReadPerm(): Promise<void> {
-    let err;
-    try {
-      Deno.listenTLS({
-        hostname: "localhost",
-        port: 4500,
-        certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
-        keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      err = e;
-    }
-    assert(err instanceof Deno.errors.PermissionDenied);
-    assertEquals(err.name, "PermissionDenied");
+unitTest({ perms: { net: true } }, function listenTLSNoReadPerm(): void {
+  let err;
+  try {
+    Deno.listenTLS({
+      hostname: "localhost",
+      port: 4500,
+      certFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.crt",
+      keyFile: "cli/tests/tls/localhost.key"
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    err = e;
   }
-);
+  assert(err instanceof Deno.errors.PermissionDenied);
+  assertEquals(err.name, "PermissionDenied");
+});
 
 unitTest(
   {
     perms: { read: true, write: true, net: true }
   },
-  async function listenTLSEmptyKeyFile(): Promise<void> {
+  function listenTLSEmptyKeyFile(): void {
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ unitTest(
 
 unitTest(
   { perms: { read: true, write: true, net: true } },
-  async function listenTLSEmptyCertFile(): Promise<void> {
+  function listenTLSEmptyCertFile(): void {
     let err;
     const options = {
       hostname: "localhost",
diff --git a/cli/js/web/body.ts b/cli/js/web/body.ts
index ed21fa0ecfc1b..03c35848a74b3 100644
--- a/cli/js/web/body.ts
+++ b/cli/js/web/body.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class Body implements domTypes.Body {
     return JSON.parse(raw);
   }
 
-  public async arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
+  public arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
     if (
       this._bodySource instanceof Int8Array ||
       this._bodySource instanceof Int16Array ||
@@ -318,20 +318,24 @@ export class Body implements domTypes.Body {
       this._bodySource instanceof Float32Array ||
       this._bodySource instanceof Float64Array
     ) {
-      return this._bodySource.buffer as ArrayBuffer;
+      return Promise.resolve(this._bodySource.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
     } else if (this._bodySource instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-      return this._bodySource;
+      return Promise.resolve(this._bodySource);
     } else if (typeof this._bodySource === "string") {
       const enc = new TextEncoder();
-      return enc.encode(this._bodySource).buffer as ArrayBuffer;
+      return Promise.resolve(
+        enc.encode(this._bodySource).buffer as ArrayBuffer
+      );
     } else if (this._bodySource instanceof ReadableStream) {
       // @ts-ignore
       return bufferFromStream(this._bodySource.getReader());
     } else if (this._bodySource instanceof FormData) {
       const enc = new TextEncoder();
-      return enc.encode(this._bodySource.toString()).buffer as ArrayBuffer;
+      return Promise.resolve(
+        enc.encode(this._bodySource.toString()).buffer as ArrayBuffer
+      );
     } else if (!this._bodySource) {
-      return new ArrayBuffer(0);
+      return Promise.resolve(new ArrayBuffer(0));
     }
     throw new Error(
       `Body type not yet implemented: ${this._bodySource.constructor.name}`
diff --git a/cli/js/web/fetch.ts b/cli/js/web/fetch.ts
index 7ab68d2e40eaa..62e5d7928712f 100644
--- a/cli/js/web/fetch.ts
+++ b/cli/js/web/fetch.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class Body implements domTypes.Body, domTypes.ReadableStream, io.ReadCloser {
     return this._data;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line require-await
   async arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
     // If we've already bufferred the response, just return it.
     if (this._data != null) {
@@ -223,11 +224,12 @@ class Body implements domTypes.Body, domTypes.ReadableStream, io.ReadCloser {
     return read(this.rid, p);
   }
 
-  close(): void {
+  close(): Promise<void> {
     close(this.rid);
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
-  async cancel(): Promise<void> {
+  cancel(): Promise<void> {
     return notImplemented();
   }
 
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ export class Response implements domTypes.Response {
     return false;
   }
 
-  async arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
+  arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
     /* You have to do the null check here and not in the function because
      * otherwise TS complains about this.body potentially being null */
     if (this.bodyViewable() || this.body == null) {
@@ -355,14 +357,14 @@ export class Response implements domTypes.Response {
     return this.body.arrayBuffer();
   }
 
-  async blob(): Promise<domTypes.Blob> {
+  blob(): Promise<domTypes.Blob> {
     if (this.bodyViewable() || this.body == null) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error("Response body is null"));
     }
     return this.body.blob();
   }
 
-  async formData(): Promise<domTypes.FormData> {
+  formData(): Promise<domTypes.FormData> {
     if (this.bodyViewable() || this.body == null) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error("Response body is null"));
     }
@@ -370,14 +372,14 @@ export class Response implements domTypes.Response {
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  async json(): Promise<any> {
+  json(): Promise<any> {
     if (this.bodyViewable() || this.body == null) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error("Response body is null"));
     }
     return this.body.json();
   }
 
-  async text(): Promise<string> {
+  text(): Promise<string> {
     if (this.bodyViewable() || this.body == null) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error("Response body is null"));
     }
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ export class Response implements domTypes.Response {
   }
 }
 
-async function sendFetchReq(
+function sendFetchReq(
   url: string,
   method: string | null,
   headers: domTypes.Headers | null,
diff --git a/cli/tests/018_async_catch.ts b/cli/tests/018_async_catch.ts
index 0d034d798990b..a16f11696bc57 100644
--- a/cli/tests/018_async_catch.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/018_async_catch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-async function fn(): Promise<never> {
+function fn(): Promise<never> {
   throw new Error("message");
 }
 async function call(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/cli/tests/async_error.ts b/cli/tests/async_error.ts
index 81c983a504ab4..b37369bac7fdf 100644
--- a/cli/tests/async_error.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/async_error.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 console.log("hello");
+// eslint-disable-next-line require-await
 const foo = async (): Promise<never> => {
   console.log("before error");
   throw Error("error");
diff --git a/cli/tests/async_error.ts.out b/cli/tests/async_error.ts.out
index d07ba8cfe0135..6e22799c27f77 100644
--- a/cli/tests/async_error.ts.out
+++ b/cli/tests/async_error.ts.out
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 before error
 world
 error: Uncaught Error: error
-[WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:4:9
+[WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:5:9
 
-4   throw Error("error");
+5   throw Error("error");
           ^
 
-    at foo ([WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:4:9)
-    at [WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:7:1
+    at foo ([WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:5:9)
+    at [WILDCARD]tests/async_error.ts:8:1
diff --git a/cli/tests/permission_test.ts b/cli/tests/permission_test.ts
index 763e429b6270f..11b95cf3aa722 100644
--- a/cli/tests/permission_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/permission_test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ const { args, listen, env, exit, makeTempDirSync, readFileSync, run } = Deno;
 
 const name = args[0];
 const test: { [key: string]: Function } = {
-  async readRequired(): Promise<void> {
+  readRequired(): Promise<void> {
     readFileSync("README.md");
+    return Promise.resolve();
   },
   writeRequired(): void {
     makeTempDirSync();
diff --git a/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.js b/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.js
index fa3b496a8cb73..54742ce5208a7 100644
--- a/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.js
+++ b/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-async function* asyncGenerator() {
+function* asyncGenerator() {
   let i = 0;
   while (i < 3) {
     yield i++;
diff --git a/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.ts b/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.ts
index 9179322d78f4b..92d8af30a4f5c 100644
--- a/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/top_level_for_await.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line require-await
 async function* asyncGenerator(): AsyncIterableIterator<number> {
   let i = 0;
   while (i < 3) {
diff --git a/core/examples/http_bench.js b/core/examples/http_bench.js
index 4314ba680f431..72f53550d9482 100644
--- a/core/examples/http_bench.js
+++ b/core/examples/http_bench.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function listen() {
 }
 
 /** Accepts a connection, returns rid. */
-async function accept(rid) {
+function accept(rid) {
   return sendAsync(ops["accept"], rid);
 }
 
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ async function accept(rid) {
  * Reads a packet from the rid, presumably an http request. data is ignored.
  * Returns bytes read.
  */
-async function read(rid, data) {
+function read(rid, data) {
   return sendAsync(ops["read"], rid, data);
 }
 
 /** Writes a fixed HTTP response to the socket rid. Returns bytes written. */
-async function write(rid, data) {
+function write(rid, data) {
   return sendAsync(ops["write"], rid, data);
 }
 
diff --git a/std/encoding/binary_test.ts b/std/encoding/binary_test.ts
index 936fcbb6368cd..54f8cbded5f3f 100644
--- a/std/encoding/binary_test.ts
+++ b/std/encoding/binary_test.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ Deno.test(async function testGetNBytes(): Promise<void> {
 Deno.test(async function testGetNBytesThrows(): Promise<void> {
   const data = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]);
   const buff = new Deno.Buffer(data.buffer);
-  assertThrowsAsync(async () => {
+  await assertThrowsAsync(async () => {
     await getNBytes(buff, 8);
   }, Deno.errors.UnexpectedEof);
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testPutVarbig(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testPutVarbig(): void {
   const buff = new Uint8Array(8);
   putVarbig(buff, 0xffeeddccbbaa9988n);
   assertEquals(
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Deno.test(async function testPutVarbig(): Promise<void> {
   );
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testPutVarbigLittleEndian(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testPutVarbigLittleEndian(): void {
   const buff = new Uint8Array(8);
   putVarbig(buff, 0x8899aabbccddeeffn, { endian: "little" });
   assertEquals(
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ Deno.test(async function testPutVarbigLittleEndian(): Promise<void> {
   );
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testPutVarnum(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testPutVarnum(): void {
   const buff = new Uint8Array(4);
   putVarnum(buff, 0xffeeddcc);
   assertEquals(buff, new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xee, 0xdd, 0xcc]));
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testPutVarnumLittleEndian(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testPutVarnumLittleEndian(): void {
   const buff = new Uint8Array(4);
   putVarnum(buff, 0xccddeeff, { endian: "little" });
   assertEquals(buff, new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xee, 0xdd, 0xcc]));
diff --git a/std/encoding/yaml/example/sample_document.ts b/std/encoding/yaml/example/sample_document.ts
index c9372e8ec3974..da969d6794dbc 100644
--- a/std/encoding/yaml/example/sample_document.ts
+++ b/std/encoding/yaml/example/sample_document.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { parse } from "../../yaml.ts";
 
 const { readFileSync, cwd } = Deno;
 
-(async () => {
+(() => {
   const yml = readFileSync(`${cwd()}/example/sample_document.yml`);
 
   const document = new TextDecoder().decode(yml);
diff --git a/std/examples/chat/server.ts b/std/examples/chat/server.ts
index 3c968e44e174b..08aede05bbc6d 100644
--- a/std/examples/chat/server.ts
+++ b/std/examples/chat/server.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 
 const clients = new Map<number, WebSocket>();
 let clientId = 0;
-async function dispatch(msg: string): Promise<void> {
+function dispatch(msg: string): void {
   for (const client of clients.values()) {
     client.send(msg);
   }
diff --git a/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts b/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
index 899eb1b322e02..0d21b3787833b 100644
--- a/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
+++ b/std/examples/chat/server_test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async function startServer(): Promise<Deno.Process> {
     const r = new TextProtoReader(new BufReader(server.stdout));
     const s = await r.readLine();
     assert(s !== Deno.EOF && s.includes("chat server starting"));
-  } catch {
+  } catch (err) {
     server.stdout!.close();
     server.close();
   }
diff --git a/std/fs/copy_test.ts b/std/fs/copy_test.ts
index fb8827f0c7493..9ba5f2b2135de 100644
--- a/std/fs/copy_test.ts
+++ b/std/fs/copy_test.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ const testdataDir = path.resolve("fs", "testdata");
 // TODO(axetroy): Add test for Windows once symlink is implemented for Windows.
 const isWindows = Deno.build.os === "win";
 
-async function testCopy(
-  name: string,
-  cb: (tempDir: string) => Promise<void>
-): Promise<void> {
+function testCopy(name: string, cb: (tempDir: string) => Promise<void>): void {
   Deno.test({
     name,
     async fn(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/std/fs/exists.ts b/std/fs/exists.ts
index ae64cb1f3f826..f9e5a09253454 100644
--- a/std/fs/exists.ts
+++ b/std/fs/exists.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ const { lstat, lstatSync } = Deno;
  * Test whether or not the given path exists by checking with the file system
  */
 export async function exists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  return lstat(filePath)
-    .then((): boolean => true)
-    .catch((err: Error): boolean => {
-      if (err instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound) {
-        return false;
-      }
+  try {
+    await lstat(filePath);
+    return true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound) {
+      return false;
+    }
 
-      throw err;
-    });
+    throw err;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/std/fs/walk_test.ts b/std/fs/walk_test.ts
index c2518cee32fd4..96bfcae67571e 100644
--- a/std/fs/walk_test.ts
+++ b/std/fs/walk_test.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import { assert, assertEquals, assertThrowsAsync } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
 
 const isWindows = Deno.build.os == "win";
 
-export async function testWalk(
+export function testWalk(
   setup: (arg0: string) => void | Promise<void>,
   t: Deno.TestFunction,
   ignore = false
-): Promise<void> {
+): void {
   const name = t.name;
   async function fn(): Promise<void> {
     const origCwd = cwd();
diff --git a/std/http/file_server.ts b/std/http/file_server.ts
index 18a68aa49d406..20d5d61e64ec7 100755
--- a/std/http/file_server.ts
+++ b/std/http/file_server.ts
@@ -158,17 +158,17 @@ async function serveDir(
   return res;
 }
 
-async function serveFallback(req: ServerRequest, e: Error): Promise<Response> {
+function serveFallback(req: ServerRequest, e: Error): Promise<Response> {
   if (e instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound) {
-    return {
+    return Promise.resolve({
       status: 404,
       body: encoder.encode("Not found")
-    };
+    });
   } else {
-    return {
+    return Promise.resolve({
       status: 500,
       body: encoder.encode("Internal server error")
-    };
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/std/http/io.ts b/std/http/io.ts
index 5518146a807dc..6d5d1f66537c8 100644
--- a/std/http/io.ts
+++ b/std/http/io.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { STATUS_TEXT } from "./http_status.ts";
 
 export function emptyReader(): Deno.Reader {
   return {
-    async read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
-      return Deno.EOF;
+    read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+      return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/std/http/mock.ts b/std/http/mock.ts
index 3a4eeed821e45..cee697bed8991 100644
--- a/std/http/mock.ts
+++ b/std/http/mock.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ export function mockConn(base: Partial<Deno.Conn> = {}): Deno.Conn {
     rid: -1,
     closeRead: (): void => {},
     closeWrite: (): void => {},
-    read: async (): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> => {
-      return 0;
+    read: (): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> => {
+      return Promise.resolve(0);
     },
-    write: async (): Promise<number> => {
-      return -1;
+    write: (): Promise<number> => {
+      return Promise.resolve(-1);
     },
     close: (): void => {},
     ...base
diff --git a/std/http/server_test.ts b/std/http/server_test.ts
index 0a4986dcf14cd..2a7c46134b8db 100644
--- a/std/http/server_test.ts
+++ b/std/http/server_test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test(async function responseWrite(): Promise<void> {
   }
 });
 
-test(async function requestContentLength(): Promise<void> {
+test(function requestContentLength(): void {
   // Has content length
   {
     const req = new ServerRequest();
diff --git a/std/io/bufio.ts b/std/io/bufio.ts
index 12b5c2d2b65a2..a944adfed4cb5 100644
--- a/std/io/bufio.ts
+++ b/std/io/bufio.ts
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ export async function* readStringDelim(
 }
 
 /** Read strings line-by-line from a Reader. */
+// eslint-disable-next-line require-await
 export async function* readLines(
   reader: Reader
 ): AsyncIterableIterator<string> {
diff --git a/std/io/bufio_test.ts b/std/io/bufio_test.ts
index d925175f12bdc..ae38f66673f38 100644
--- a/std/io/bufio_test.ts
+++ b/std/io/bufio_test.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const testOutput = encoder.encode("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy");
 class TestReader implements Reader {
   constructor(private data: Uint8Array, private stride: number) {}
 
-  async read(buf: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(buf: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     let nread = this.stride;
     if (nread > this.data.byteLength) {
       nread = this.data.byteLength;
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ class TestReader implements Reader {
       nread = buf.byteLength;
     }
     if (nread === 0) {
-      return Deno.EOF;
+      return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
     }
     copyBytes(buf as Uint8Array, this.data);
     this.data = this.data.subarray(nread);
-    return nread;
+    return Promise.resolve(nread);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/std/io/iotest.ts b/std/io/iotest.ts
index 1e922e33fe4fb..e2cf315aa8d81 100644
--- a/std/io/iotest.ts
+++ b/std/io/iotest.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ type Reader = Deno.Reader;
 export class OneByteReader implements Reader {
   constructor(readonly r: Reader) {}
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     if (p.byteLength === 0) {
-      return 0;
+      return Promise.resolve(0);
     }
     if (!(p instanceof Uint8Array)) {
       throw Error("expected Uint8Array");
     }
-    return this.r.read(p.subarray(0, 1));
+    return Promise.resolve(this.r.read(p.subarray(0, 1)));
   }
 }
 
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ export class OneByteReader implements Reader {
 export class HalfReader implements Reader {
   constructor(readonly r: Reader) {}
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     if (!(p instanceof Uint8Array)) {
       throw Error("expected Uint8Array");
     }
     const half = Math.floor((p.byteLength + 1) / 2);
-    return this.r.read(p.subarray(0, half));
+    return Promise.resolve(this.r.read(p.subarray(0, half)));
   }
 }
 
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ export class TimeoutReader implements Reader {
   count = 0;
   constructor(readonly r: Reader) {}
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     this.count++;
     if (this.count === 2) {
       throw new Deno.errors.TimedOut();
     }
-    return this.r.read(p);
+    return Promise.resolve(this.r.read(p));
   }
 }
diff --git a/std/io/ioutil_test.ts b/std/io/ioutil_test.ts
index 261f4def0d3ba..3d85a0fa174a1 100644
--- a/std/io/ioutil_test.ts
+++ b/std/io/ioutil_test.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ class BinaryReader implements Reader {
 
   constructor(private bytes: Uint8Array = new Uint8Array(0)) {}
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     p.set(this.bytes.subarray(this.index, p.byteLength));
     this.index += p.byteLength;
-    return p.byteLength;
+    return Promise.resolve(p.byteLength);
   }
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Deno.test(async function testReadLong2(): Promise<void> {
   assertEquals(long, 0x12345678);
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testSliceLongToBytes(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testSliceLongToBytes(): void {
   const arr = sliceLongToBytes(0x1234567890abcdef);
   const actual = readLong(new BufReader(new BinaryReader(new Uint8Array(arr))));
   const expected = readLong(
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Deno.test(async function testSliceLongToBytes(): Promise<void> {
   assertEquals(actual, expected);
 });
 
-Deno.test(async function testSliceLongToBytes2(): Promise<void> {
+Deno.test(function testSliceLongToBytes2(): void {
   const arr = sliceLongToBytes(0x12345678);
   assertEquals(arr, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78]);
 });
diff --git a/std/io/readers.ts b/std/io/readers.ts
index 5b1bf194853e2..2d81e246f14ba 100644
--- a/std/io/readers.ts
+++ b/std/io/readers.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ export class StringReader implements Reader {
 
   constructor(private readonly s: string) {}
 
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+  read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
     const n = Math.min(p.byteLength, this.buf.byteLength - this.offs);
     p.set(this.buf.slice(this.offs, this.offs + n));
     this.offs += n;
     if (n === 0) {
-      return Deno.EOF;
+      return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
     }
-    return n;
+    return Promise.resolve(n);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/std/io/writers.ts b/std/io/writers.ts
index 722e0297f2471..b9a6a5e70ee9e 100644
--- a/std/io/writers.ts
+++ b/std/io/writers.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ export class StringWriter implements Writer {
     this.byteLength += c.byteLength;
   }
 
-  async write(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
+  write(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
     this.chunks.push(p);
     this.byteLength += p.byteLength;
     this.cache = undefined;
-    return p.byteLength;
+    return Promise.resolve(p.byteLength);
   }
 
   toString(): string {
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_close.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_close.ts
index e19eb932ec251..4ec10eefb8d63 100644
--- a/std/node/_fs/_fs_close.ts
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_close.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { CallbackWithError } from "./_fs_common.ts";
 
 export function close(fd: number, callback: CallbackWithError): void {
-  new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     try {
       Deno.close(fd);
       resolve();
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_close_test.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_close_test.ts
index 2c71172488e35..7c6dd684cd806 100644
--- a/std/node/_fs/_fs_close_test.ts
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_close_test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test({
         else resolve();
       });
     })
-      .then(async () => {
+      .then(() => {
         assert(!Deno.resources()[file.rid]);
       })
       .catch(() => {
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_dir_test.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_dir_test.ts
index 3b8c5b3413022..be276887bde1b 100644
--- a/std/node/_fs/_fs_dir_test.ts
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_dir_test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Dirent from "./_fs_dirent.ts";
 
 test({
   name: "Closing current directory with callback is successful",
-  async fn() {
+  fn() {
     let calledBack = false;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     new Dir(".").close((valOrErr: any) => {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test({
 
 test({
   name: "Closing current directory synchronously works",
-  async fn() {
+  fn() {
     new Dir(".").closeSync();
   }
 });
diff --git a/std/testing/bench.ts b/std/testing/bench.ts
index 5cec3ea39687f..1c4b01c0b81f3 100644
--- a/std/testing/bench.ts
+++ b/std/testing/bench.ts
@@ -169,11 +169,12 @@ export async function runBenchmarks({
 }
 
 /** Runs specified benchmarks if the enclosing script is main. */
-export async function runIfMain(
+export function runIfMain(
   meta: ImportMeta,
   opts: BenchmarkRunOptions = {}
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (meta.main) {
     return runBenchmarks(opts);
   }
+  return Promise.resolve(undefined);
 }
diff --git a/std/textproto/reader_test.ts b/std/textproto/reader_test.ts
index 7aead064b7745..f0ae63894ddec 100644
--- a/std/textproto/reader_test.ts
+++ b/std/textproto/reader_test.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ function reader(s: string): TextProtoReader {
 test({
   ignore: true,
   name: "[textproto] Reader : DotBytes",
-  async fn(): Promise<void> {
+  fn(): Promise<void> {
     const _input =
       "dotlines\r\n.foo\r\n..bar\n...baz\nquux\r\n\r\n.\r\nanot.her\r\n";
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/std/textproto/test.ts b/std/textproto/test.ts
index 5b67bbf956415..9a992a2cf6f53 100644
--- a/std/textproto/test.ts
+++ b/std/textproto/test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { append } from "./mod.ts";
 import { assertEquals } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
 const { test } = Deno;
 
-test(async function textprotoAppend(): Promise<void> {
+test(function textprotoAppend(): void {
   const enc = new TextEncoder();
   const dec = new TextDecoder();
   const u1 = enc.encode("Hello ");
diff --git a/std/util/async_test.ts b/std/util/async_test.ts
index 4607cf6cd2451..d81b52b43e795 100644
--- a/std/util/async_test.ts
+++ b/std/util/async_test.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@ const { test } = Deno;
 import { assert, assertEquals, assertStrictEq } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
 import { collectUint8Arrays, deferred, MuxAsyncIterator } from "./async.ts";
 
-test(async function asyncDeferred(): Promise<void> {
+test(function asyncDeferred(): Promise<void> {
   const d = deferred<number>();
   d.resolve(12);
+  return Promise.resolve();
 });
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line require-await
 async function* gen123(): AsyncIterableIterator<number> {
   yield 1;
   yield 2;
   yield 3;
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line require-await
 async function* gen456(): AsyncIterableIterator<number> {
   yield 4;
   yield 5;
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ test(async function collectUint8Arrays0(): Promise<void> {
 
 test(async function collectUint8Arrays1(): Promise<void> {
   const buf = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line require-await
   async function* gen(): AsyncIterableIterator<Uint8Array> {
     yield buf;
   }
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ test(async function collectUint8Arrays1(): Promise<void> {
 });
 
 test(async function collectUint8Arrays4(): Promise<void> {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line require-await
   async function* gen(): AsyncIterableIterator<Uint8Array> {
     yield new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]);
     yield new Uint8Array([]);
diff --git a/std/ws/mod.ts b/std/ws/mod.ts
index 809654a06e6d9..3332ed8dd22ba 100644
--- a/std/ws/mod.ts
+++ b/std/ws/mod.ts
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class WebSocketImpl implements WebSocket {
     return d;
   }
 
-  async send(data: WebSocketMessage): Promise<void> {
+  send(data: WebSocketMessage): Promise<void> {
     const opcode =
       typeof data === "string" ? OpCode.TextFrame : OpCode.BinaryFrame;
     const payload = typeof data === "string" ? encode(data) : data;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class WebSocketImpl implements WebSocket {
     return this.enqueue(frame);
   }
 
-  async ping(data: WebSocketMessage = ""): Promise<void> {
+  ping(data: WebSocketMessage = ""): Promise<void> {
     const payload = typeof data === "string" ? encode(data) : data;
     const frame = {
       isLastFrame: true,
diff --git a/std/ws/test.ts b/std/ws/test.ts
index 820fe1423d5ae..f1efa8e409b1b 100644
--- a/std/ws/test.ts
+++ b/std/ws/test.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test("[ws] read unmasked bigger binary frame", async () => {
   assertEquals(bin.payload.length, payloadLength);
 });
 
-test("[ws] createSecAccept", async () => {
+test("[ws] createSecAccept", () => {
   const nonce = "dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==";
   const d = createSecAccept(nonce);
   assertEquals(d, "s3pPLMBiTxaQ9kYGzzhZRbK+xOo=");
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ test("[ws] createSecKeyHasCorrectLength", () => {
 test("[ws] WebSocket should throw `Deno.errors.ConnectionReset` when peer closed connection without close frame", async () => {
   const buf = new Buffer();
   const eofReader: Deno.Reader = {
-    async read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
-      return Deno.EOF;
+    read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+      return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
     }
   };
   const conn = dummyConn(eofReader, buf);
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ test("[ws] WebSocket should throw `Deno.errors.ConnectionReset` when peer closed
 test("[ws] WebSocket shouldn't throw `Deno.errors.UnexpectedEof` on recive()", async () => {
   const buf = new Buffer();
   const eofReader: Deno.Reader = {
-    async read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
-      return Deno.EOF;
+    read(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number | Deno.EOF> {
+      return Promise.resolve(Deno.EOF);
     }
   };
   const conn = dummyConn(eofReader, buf);
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ test({
     const buf = new Buffer();
     let timer: number | undefined;
     const lazyWriter: Deno.Writer = {
-      async write(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
+      write(_: Uint8Array): Promise<number> {
         return new Promise(resolve => {
           timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(0), 1000);
         });
diff --git a/tools/node_tcp_promise.js b/tools/node_tcp_promise.js
index 547d97845056d..d522f1751a348 100644
--- a/tools/node_tcp_promise.js
+++ b/tools/node_tcp_promise.js
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ const response = Buffer.from(
   "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 12\r\n\r\nHello World\n"
 );
 
-async function write(socket, buffer) {
+function write(socket, buffer) {
   const p = new Promise((resolve, _) => {
     socket.write(buffer, resolve);
   });
-  return p;
+  return Promise.resolve(p);
 }
 
 Server(async socket => {
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Server(async socket => {
     socket.destroy();
   });
   for await (const _ of socket) {
-    write(socket, response);
+    await write(socket, response);
   }
 }).listen(port);