diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/flow.js b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/flow.js
index 4e9111d8c585..39c92470f476 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/flow.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/flow.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-declare module 'node-events' {
+declare module 'events' {
   declare class EventEmitter<Events: Object> {
     addListener<Event: $Keys<Events>>(
       event: Event,
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json b/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
index e269c73a8ec4..1b06dbd9ecca 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     "@reach/menu-button": "^0.1.17",
     "@reach/tooltip": "^0.2.2",
     "clipboard-js": "^0.3.6",
+    "events": "^3.0.0",
     "lodash.throttle": "^4.1.1",
     "memoize-one": "^3.1.1",
-    "node-events": "npm:events@^3.0.0",
     "react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
index fd79433352bb..ef11427fd3e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import EventEmitter from 'node-events';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import throttle from 'lodash.throttle';
 import {
   SESSION_STORAGE_LAST_SELECTION_KEY,
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
index 8d9d0e6d4bb7..fa9b2c76eb74 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import EventEmitter from 'node-events';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
 
 import type {ComponentFilter, Wall} from './types';
 import type {
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/ProfilerStore.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/ProfilerStore.js
index 53689d24f2f9..01664ee6437b 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/ProfilerStore.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/ProfilerStore.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import EventEmitter from 'node-events';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import {prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromBackendAndStore} from './views/Profiler/utils';
 import ProfilingCache from './ProfilingCache';
 import Store from './store';
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
index cc657bdec4a4..31756d573f09 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
-import EventEmitter from 'node-events';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import {inspect} from 'util';
 import {
   TREE_OPERATION_ADD,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index db702de8ff74..9b7ac1ea78a4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4931,7 +4931,7 @@ events@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/events/-/events-1.1.1.tgz#9ebdb7635ad099c70dcc4c2a1f5004288e8bd924"
   integrity sha1-nr23Y1rQmccNzEwqH1AEKI6L2SQ=
 
-events@^3.0.0, "node-events@npm:events@^3.0.0":
+events@^3.0.0:
   name node-events
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/events/-/events-3.0.0.tgz#9a0a0dfaf62893d92b875b8f2698ca4114973e88"