diff --git a/src/rules.rs b/src/rules.rs
index ff86954a..b5f9fcfc 100644
--- a/src/rules.rs
+++ b/src/rules.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ pub mod no_var;
 pub mod no_window;
 pub mod no_window_prefix;
 pub mod no_with;
-pub mod node_builtin_specifier;
 pub mod prefer_as_const;
 pub mod prefer_ascii;
 pub mod prefer_const;
@@ -363,7 +362,6 @@ fn get_all_rules_raw() -> Vec<Box<dyn LintRule>> {
     Box::new(no_window::NoWindow),
     Box::new(no_window_prefix::NoWindowPrefix),
     Box::new(no_with::NoWith),
-    Box::new(node_builtin_specifier::NodeBuiltinsSpecifier),
     Box::new(prefer_as_const::PreferAsConst),
     Box::new(prefer_ascii::PreferAscii),
     Box::new(prefer_const::PreferConst),
diff --git a/src/rules/node_builtin_specifier.rs b/src/rules/node_builtin_specifier.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a70a481b..00000000
--- a/src/rules/node_builtin_specifier.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,236 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-use super::Context;
-use super::LintRule;
-use crate::diagnostic::LintDiagnosticSeverity;
-use crate::diagnostic::LintFix;
-use crate::diagnostic::LintFixChange;
-use crate::handler::Handler;
-use crate::handler::Traverse;
-use crate::tags;
-use crate::tags::Tags;
-use crate::Program;
-
-use deno_ast::view as ast_view;
-use deno_ast::SourceRange;
-use deno_ast::SourceRanged;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct NodeBuiltinsSpecifier;
-
-const CODE: &str = "node-builtin-specifier";
-const MESSAGE: &str = "built-in Node modules need the \"node:\" specifier";
-const HINT: &str = "Add \"node:\" prefix in front of the import specifier";
-const FIX_DESC: &str = "Add \"node:\" prefix";
-
-impl LintRule for NodeBuiltinsSpecifier {
-  fn tags(&self) -> Tags {
-    &[tags::RECOMMENDED]
-  }
-
-  fn code(&self) -> &'static str {
-    CODE
-  }
-
-  fn lint_program_with_ast_view(
-    &self,
-    context: &mut Context,
-    program: Program<'_>,
-  ) {
-    NodeBuiltinsSpecifierGlobalHandler.traverse(program, context);
-  }
-}
-
-struct NodeBuiltinsSpecifierGlobalHandler;
-
-impl NodeBuiltinsSpecifierGlobalHandler {
-  fn add_diagnostic(&self, ctx: &mut Context, src: &str, range: SourceRange) {
-    let specifier = format!(r#""node:{}""#, src);
-
-    let diagnostic_range = ctx.create_diagnostic_range(range);
-    let details = ctx.create_diagnostic_details(
-      CODE,
-      MESSAGE,
-      Some(HINT.to_string()),
-      vec![LintFix {
-        description: FIX_DESC.into(),
-        changes: vec![LintFixChange {
-          new_text: specifier.into(),
-          range,
-        }],
-      }],
-    );
-    // This rule defaults to a warning rather than an error so that existing
-    // code importing Node built-ins without the `node:` prefix keeps working.
-    ctx.add_diagnostic_details_with_severity(
-      Some(diagnostic_range),
-      details,
-      LintDiagnosticSeverity::Warning,
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-impl Handler for NodeBuiltinsSpecifierGlobalHandler {
-  fn import_decl(&mut self, decl: &ast_view::ImportDecl, ctx: &mut Context) {
-    let src = decl.src.value().to_string_lossy();
-    if is_bare_node_builtin(&src) {
-      self.add_diagnostic(ctx, &src, decl.src.range());
-    }
-  }
-
-  fn call_expr(&mut self, expr: &ast_view::CallExpr, ctx: &mut Context) {
-    if let ast_view::Callee::Import(_) = expr.callee {
-      if let Some(src_expr) = expr.args.first() {
-        if let ast_view::Expr::Lit(ast_view::Lit::Str(str_value)) =
-          src_expr.expr
-        {
-          let src = str_value.value().to_string_lossy();
-          if is_bare_node_builtin(&src) {
-            self.add_diagnostic(ctx, &src, str_value.range());
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Should match https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#modulebuiltinmodules
-fn is_bare_node_builtin(src: &str) -> bool {
-  matches!(
-    src,
-    "assert"
-      | "assert/strict"
-      | "async_hooks"
-      | "buffer"
-      | "child_process"
-      | "cluster"
-      | "console"
-      | "constants"
-      | "crypto"
-      | "dgram"
-      | "diagnostics_channel"
-      | "dns"
-      | "dns/promises"
-      | "domain"
-      | "events"
-      | "fs"
-      | "fs/promises"
-      | "http"
-      | "http2"
-      | "https"
-      | "inspector"
-      | "inspector/promises"
-      | "module"
-      | "net"
-      | "os"
-      | "path"
-      | "path/posix"
-      | "path/win32"
-      | "perf_hooks"
-      | "process"
-      | "punycode"
-      | "querystring"
-      | "readline"
-      | "readline/promises"
-      | "repl"
-      | "stream"
-      | "stream/consumers"
-      | "stream/promises"
-      | "stream/web"
-      | "string_decoder"
-      | "sys"
-      | "timers"
-      | "timers/promises"
-      | "tls"
-      | "trace_events"
-      | "tty"
-      | "url"
-      | "util"
-      | "util/types"
-      | "v8"
-      | "vm"
-      | "wasi"
-      | "worker_threads"
-      | "zlib"
-  )
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-  use super::*;
-
-  #[test]
-  fn node_specifier_valid() {
-    assert_lint_ok! {
-      NodeBuiltinsSpecifier,
-      r#"import "node:path";"#,
-      r#"import "node:fs";"#,
-      r#"import "node:fs/promises";"#,
-
-      r#"import * as fs from "node:fs";"#,
-      r#"import * as fsPromises from "node:fs/promises";"#,
-      r#"import fsPromises from "node:fs/promises";"#,
-
-      r#"await import("node:fs");"#,
-      r#"await import("node:fs/promises");"#,
-    };
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn node_specifier_invalid() {
-    assert_lint_err! {
-      NodeBuiltinsSpecifier,
-      MESSAGE,
-      HINT,
-      r#"import "path";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 7,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import "node:path";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-      r#"import "fs";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 7,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import "node:fs";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-      r#"import "fs/promises";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 7,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import "node:fs/promises";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-
-      r#"import * as fs from "fs";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 20,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import * as fs from "node:fs";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-      r#"import * as fsPromises from "fs/promises";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 28,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import * as fsPromises from "node:fs/promises";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-      r#"import fsPromises from "fs/promises";"#: [
-        {
-          col: 23,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"import fsPromises from "node:fs/promises";"#),
-        }
-      ],
-
-      r#"await import("fs");"#: [
-        {
-          col: 13,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"await import("node:fs");"#),
-        }
-      ],
-      r#"await import("fs/promises");"#: [
-        {
-          col: 13,
-          fix: (FIX_DESC, r#"await import("node:fs/promises");"#),
-        }
-      ]
-    };
-  }
-}