diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/compose.js b/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
index 912f9d7793eb9b..65a36e17710935 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const {
   isReadable,
   isWritable,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
-const duplexify = require('internal/streams/duplexify');
 const {
   AbortError,
   codes: {
@@ -23,18 +22,18 @@ module.exports = function compose(...streams) {
   }
 
   if (streams.length === 1) {
-    return duplexify(streams[0], 'streams[0]');
+    return Duplex.from(streams[0]);
   }
 
   const orgStreams = [...streams];
 
   if (typeof streams[0] === 'function') {
-    streams[0] = duplexify(streams[0], 'streams[0]');
+    streams[0] = Duplex.from(streams[0]);
   }
 
   if (typeof streams[streams.length - 1] === 'function') {
     const idx = streams.length - 1;
-    streams[idx] = duplexify(streams[idx], `streams[${idx}]`);
+    streams[idx] = Duplex.from(streams[idx]);
   }
 
   for (let n = 0; n < streams.length; ++n) {
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = function compose(...streams) {
   // Implement Writable/Readable/Duplex traits.
   // See, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33515.
   d = new Duplex({
-    highWaterMark: 1,
+    // TODO (ronag): highWaterMark?
     writableObjectMode: !!head?.writableObjectMode,
     readableObjectMode: !!tail?.writableObjectMode,
     writable,
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js b/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
index 0c6e74b9c70719..0225096a445672 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ function _duplexify(pair) {
     onfinished(err);
   });
 
+  // TODO(ronag): Avoid double buffering.
+  // Implement Writable/Readable/Duplex traits.
+  // See, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33515.
   d = new Duplex({
     // TODO (ronag): highWaterMark?
     readableObjectMode: !!r?.readableObjectMode,
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index dec9cec695076c..396dcf6b18d315 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ const compose = require('internal/streams/compose');
 const { destroyer } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 const internalBuffer = require('internal/buffer');
-const duplexify = require('internal/streams/duplexify');
+
+let duplexify;
 
 const promises = require('stream/promises');
 
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ Stream.Readable = require('internal/streams/readable');
 Stream.Writable = require('internal/streams/writable');
 Stream.Duplex = require('internal/streams/duplex');
 Stream.Duplex.from = function from(body) {
+  if (!duplexify) {
+    duplexify = require('internal/streams/duplexify');
+  }
   return duplexify(body, 'body');
 };
 Stream.Transform = require('internal/streams/transform');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
index 1528a808a6dd03..f83506a183cfa4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ const expectedModules = new Set([
   'NativeModule internal/stream_base_commons',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/add-abort-signal',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/buffer_list',
-  'NativeModule internal/streams/compose',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/destroy',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/duplex',
-  'NativeModule internal/streams/duplexify',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/end-of-stream',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/from',
   'NativeModule internal/streams/legacy',