diff --git a/doc/contributing/using-devcontainer.md b/doc/contributing/using-devcontainer.md
index bd118d03d027d5..77483b87c4abb6 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/using-devcontainer.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/using-devcontainer.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Node.js publishes a [nightly image on DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/nodejs/devcontainer) for
 [Dev Containers](https://containers.dev/) that can be used to spin up a
-development container that comes with pre-installed build dependencies and pre-genreated build cache.
+development container that comes with pre-installed build dependencies and pre-generated build cache.
 
 When you need to test a few changes in the main branch and do not need
 to change the V8 headers (which is rare), using the nightly image will allow you to compile your
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index d202a28f03502f..9eb3c10547d520 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -752,24 +752,10 @@ function socketErrorListener(err) {
   debug('SOCKET ERROR:', err.message, err.stack);
 
   if (req) {
-    const res = req.res;
-    const isUserDestroyError = err === req[kError] || err === res?.errored;
-
     // For Safety. Some additional errors might fire later on
     // and we need to make sure we don't double-fire the error event.
     socket._hadError = true;
-    // Before a response exists, the request itself failed. Once a response
-    // exists, socket teardown belongs to the IncomingMessage and is finalized
-    // by socketCloseListener. Preserve errors explicitly used to destroy the
-    // request or response, which have historically been emitted on the request.
-    if (!res || isUserDestroyError) {
-      emitErrorEvent(req, err);
-    }
-
-    if (res) {
-      socket.destroy();
-      return;
-    }
+    emitErrorEvent(req, err);
   }
 
   const parser = socket.parser;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-client-complete-response-reset.js b/test/parallel/test-http-client-complete-response-reset.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa9337dbcc5206..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-client-complete-response-reset.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const http = require('http');
-
-const BODY = Buffer.alloc(2 * 1024 * 1024);
-
-const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((request, response) => {
-  let received = 0;
-
-  request.on('data', function onData(chunk) {
-    received += chunk.length;
-    request.off('data', onData);
-    request.destroy();
-  });
-
-  response.writeHead(413, { 'content-length': 0 });
-  response.end();
-
-  request.on('end', common.mustNotCall());
-  request.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert.strictEqual(request.complete, false);
-    assert.ok(received > 0);
-  }));
-}));
-
-server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
-  let response;
-  const req = http.request({
-    method: 'POST',
-    port: server.address().port,
-    headers: {
-      'content-type': 'application/json',
-      'content-length': BODY.length,
-    },
-  }, common.mustCall((res) => {
-    response = res;
-    assert.strictEqual(res.statusCode, 413);
-    // Deliberately do not consume the response body. A response that has
-    // already been received should not be followed by a late ClientRequest
-    // socket error.
-    req.write(BODY);
-    req.end();
-  }));
-
-  req.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
-  req.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
-    assert(response);
-    assert.strictEqual(response.complete, true);
-    server.close();
-  }));
-
-  req.flushHeaders();
-}));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-psk-alpn-callback-exception-handling.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-psk-alpn-callback-exception-handling.js
index 31d7802931fb36..0ba55f9153b947 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-psk-alpn-callback-exception-handling.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-psk-alpn-callback-exception-handling.js
@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
         reject(e);
       }
     }));
-
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       }),
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });
@@ -307,9 +304,6 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       }
     }));
 
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -324,7 +318,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       }),
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });
@@ -354,10 +348,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
         reject(e);
       }
     }));
-
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -368,7 +359,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       ALPNProtocols: ['http/1.1', 'h2'],
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });
@@ -397,10 +388,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
         reject(e);
       }
     }));
-
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -411,7 +399,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       ALPNProtocols: ['http/1.1'],
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });
@@ -430,9 +418,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
 
     const { promise, resolve, reject } = createTestPromise();
 
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -474,9 +460,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
 
     const { promise, resolve, reject } = createTestPromise();
 
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -527,10 +511,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
         reject(e);
       }
     }));
-
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -541,7 +522,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       rejectUnauthorized: false,
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });
@@ -574,10 +555,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
         reject(e);
       }
     }));
-
-    server.on('secureConnection', () => {
-      reject(new Error('secureConnection should not fire'));
-    });
+    server.on('secureConnection', common.mustNotCall('secureConnection listener'));
 
     await new Promise((res) => server.listen(0, res));
 
@@ -588,7 +566,7 @@ describe('TLS callback exception handling', () => {
       rejectUnauthorized: false,
     });
 
-    client.on('error', () => {});
+    client.on('error', common.mustCall());
 
     await promise;
   });