diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 664110c92cc551..1737e9f317b15a 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For example:
 const util = require('util');
 
 async function fn() {
-  return await Promise.resolve('hello world');
+  return 'hello world';
 }
 const callbackFunction = util.callbackify(fn);
 
diff --git a/test/common/inspector-helper.js b/test/common/inspector-helper.js
index 81aa046bf3d94d..454eef4c5e26da 100644
--- a/test/common/inspector-helper.js
+++ b/test/common/inspector-helper.js
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class NodeInstance {
     console.log('[test]', 'Connecting to a child Node process');
     const response = await this.httpGet(null, '/json/list');
     const url = response[0]['webSocketDebuggerUrl'];
-    return await this.wsHandshake(url);
+    return this.wsHandshake(url);
   }
 
   expectShutdown() {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-callbackify.js b/test/parallel/test-util-callbackify.js
index 44549165c1f268..04702451a1d1bf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-callbackify.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-callbackify.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const values = [
   for (const value of values) {
     // Test and `async function`
     async function asyncFn() {
-      return await Promise.resolve(value);
+      return value;
     }
 
     const cbAsyncFn = callbackify(asyncFn);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const values = [
   for (const value of values) {
     // Test an `async function`
     async function asyncFn() {
-      return await Promise.reject(value);
+      return Promise.reject(value);
     }
 
     const cbAsyncFn = callbackify(asyncFn);
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const values = [
   for (const value of values) {
     async function asyncFn(arg) {
       assert.strictEqual(arg, value);
-      return await Promise.resolve(arg);
+      return arg;
     }
 
     const cbAsyncFn = callbackify(asyncFn);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const values = [
     const iAmThat = {
       async fn(arg) {
         assert.strictEqual(this, iAmThat);
-        return await Promise.resolve(arg);
+        return arg;
       },
     };
     iAmThat.cbFn = callbackify(iAmThat.fn);
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const values = [
 
 {
   async function asyncFn() {
-    return await Promise.resolve(42);
+    return 42;
   }
 
   const cb = callbackify(asyncFn);