lib/_stream_readable.js

@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ function ReadableState(options, stream) {
   // if true, a maybeReadMore has been scheduled
   this.readingMore = false;
 
-  // if true, stream is in old mode
-  this.oldMode = false;
-
   this.decoder = null;
   this.encoding = null;
   if (options.encoding) {
@@ -769,15 +766,8 @@ function emitDataEvents(stream, startPaused) {
     this.emit('resume');
   };
 
-  // Start reading in next tick to allow caller to set event listeners on
-  // the stream object (like 'error')
-  process.nextTick(function() {
-    // now make it start, just in case it hadn't already.
-    stream.emit('readable');
-  });
-
-  // Let others know about our mode
-  state.oldMode = true;
+  // now make it start, just in case it hadn't already.
+  stream.emit('readable');
 }
 
 // wrap an old-style stream as the async data source.

lib/http.js

@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
       // if the user never called req.read(), and didn't pipe() or
       // .resume() or .on('data'), then we call req._dump() so that the
       // bytes will be pulled off the wire.
-      if (!req._consuming && !req._readableState.oldMode)
+      if (!req._consuming)
         req._dump();
 
       res.detachSocket(socket);

test/simple/test-stream2-compatibility.js

@@ -47,6 +47,4 @@ TestReader.prototype._read = function(n) {
 };
 
 var reader = new TestReader();
-process.nextTick(function() {
-  assert.equal(ondataCalled, 1);
-});
+assert.equal(ondataCalled, 1);