diff --git a/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts b/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
index 0de15ee98b1e69055dd31e187aa654cac9a1c8e7..ade5f9d2cd8a43a2a2f88b1bc1ba44eb459ff425 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/npm/get.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ export async function getDependency(
       retry: 5,
       headers,
       useCache,
-      readableHighWaterMark: 1024 * 1024 * 10, // https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/issues/1062#issuecomment-586580036
     };
     const raw = await got(pkgUrl, opts);
     // istanbul ignore if
diff --git a/lib/util/got/common.ts b/lib/util/got/common.ts
index 579c9a88edf6ad5809978fd0a19a0abb7cf2d7c1..1d881e8511305bc9cbcf2d9fab482117842e22c3 100644
--- a/lib/util/got/common.ts
+++ b/lib/util/got/common.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ export interface Options {
   hostType?: string;
   search?: string;
   useCache?: boolean;
-  readableHighWaterMark?: number;
 }
 
 export type GotJSONOptions = Options & got.GotJSONOptions;