diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/BunObject.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/BunObject.cpp
index 04c1c4ca808b..675a490cc248 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/BunObject.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/BunObject.cpp
@@ -699,18 +699,11 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(functionBunDeepEquals, (JSGlobalObject * globalObject,
     JSC::JSValue arg1 = callFrame->uncheckedArgument(0);
     JSC::JSValue arg2 = callFrame->uncheckedArgument(1);
     JSC::JSValue strict = callFrame->argument(2);
-    JSC::JSValue skipPrototype = callFrame->argument(3);
 
     Vector<std::pair<JSValue, JSValue>, 16> stack;
     MarkedArgumentBuffer gcBuffer;
 
     if (strict.isBoolean() && strict.asBoolean()) {
-        if (skipPrototype.isBoolean() && skipPrototype.asBoolean()) {
-            bool isEqual = Bun__deepEquals<true, false, false, true>(globalObject, arg1, arg2, gcBuffer, stack, scope, true);
-            RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
-            return JSValue::encode(jsBoolean(isEqual));
-        }
-
         bool isEqual = Bun__deepEquals<true, false, false>(globalObject, arg1, arg2, gcBuffer, stack, scope, true);
         RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
         return JSValue::encode(jsBoolean(isEqual));
diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp
index 697570290da2..02448315d8a3 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/bindings.cpp
@@ -1925,10 +1925,6 @@ std::optional<bool> specialObjectsDequal(JSC::JSGlobalObject* globalObject, Mark
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
-// The other combinations are instantiated by their uses in this file. This one is
-// only reached from `Bun.deepEquals(a, b, true, true)` in BunObject.cpp.
-template bool Bun__deepEquals<true, false, false, true>(JSC::JSGlobalObject*, JSValue, JSValue, MarkedArgumentBuffer&, Vector<std::pair<JSC::JSValue, JSC::JSValue>, 16>&, ThrowScope&, bool);
-
 /**
  * @brief `Bun.deepMatch(a, b)`
  *
diff --git a/test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts b/test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts
index 5f57134f5b80..a423560e80c5 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/bun-object/deep-equals.test.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,28 @@ describe("Bun.deepEquals strict mode", () => {
     expect(Bun.deepEquals(new Foo(), { a: 1 }, true)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // The switch that drops the constructor check (node's skipPrototype) is only
+  // reachable through util.isDeepStrictEqual and the node:assert Assert class;
+  // Bun.deepEquals has no fourth argument, so anything after `strict` is ignored.
+  it("ignores arguments after strict", () => {
+    const deepEquals = Bun.deepEquals as (a: unknown, b: unknown, ...rest: unknown[]) => boolean;
+    class Foo {
+      a = 1;
+    }
+    class Str extends String {}
+    for (const extra of [true, 1, "skipPrototype", {}]) {
+      expect(deepEquals(new Foo(), { a: 1 }, true, extra)).toBe(false);
+      expect(deepEquals({ a: 1 }, new Foo(), true, extra)).toBe(false);
+      expect(deepEquals({ x: new Foo() }, { x: { a: 1 } }, true, extra)).toBe(false);
+      expect(deepEquals(new String("a"), new Str("a"), true, extra)).toBe(false);
+      expect(deepEquals(new Str("a"), new String("a"), true, extra)).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(deepEquals(new Foo(), new Foo(), true, extra)).toBe(true);
+      expect(deepEquals({ a: 1 }, { a: 1, b: undefined }, true, extra)).toBe(false);
+      expect(deepEquals(new Foo(), { a: 1 }, false, extra)).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("is symmetric", () => {
     const a = { entries: [1, 2] };
     const b = { entries: [1, 2], extra: undefined };