diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md
index f479d06f1456fb..2ba78a95cf2550 100644
--- a/doc/api/errors.md
+++ b/doc/api/errors.md
@@ -763,14 +763,6 @@ to enable or disable FIPS mode in the `crypto` module.
 An attempt was made to enable or disable FIPS mode, but FIPS mode was not
 available.
 
-<a id="ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16"></a>
-### ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16
-
-The UTF-16 encoding was used with [`hash.digest()`][]. While the
-`hash.digest()` method does allow an `encoding` argument to be passed in,
-causing the method to return a string rather than a `Buffer`, the UTF-16
-encoding (e.g. `ucs` or `utf16le`) is not supported.
-
 <a id="ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED"></a>
 ### ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED
 
@@ -2070,6 +2062,18 @@ removed: v11.12.0
 There was an attempt to use a `MessagePort` instance in a closed
 state, usually after `.close()` has been called.
 
+<a id="ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16"></a>
+### ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16
+<!-- YAML
+added: v9.0.0
+removed: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+The UTF-16 encoding was used with [`hash.digest()`][]. While the
+`hash.digest()` method does allow an `encoding` argument to be passed in,
+causing the method to return a string rather than a `Buffer`, the UTF-16
+encoding (e.g. `ucs` or `utf16le`) is not supported.
+
 <a id="ERR_HTTP2_FRAME_ERROR"></a>
 ### ERR_HTTP2_FRAME_ERROR
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
index 38b125e5f22c2d..3812ecfe68e609 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/hash.js
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ const {
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 
 const {
-  ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16,
   ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED,
   ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_UPDATE_FAILED,
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
-const { validateString, validateUint32 } = require('internal/validators');
-const { normalizeEncoding } = require('internal/util');
+const {
+  validateString,
+  validateUint32
+} = require('internal/validators');
 const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
 const LazyTransform = require('internal/streams/lazy_transform');
 const kState = Symbol('kState');
@@ -85,8 +86,6 @@ Hash.prototype.digest = function digest(outputEncoding) {
   if (state[kFinalized])
     throw new ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED();
   outputEncoding = outputEncoding || getDefaultEncoding();
-  if (normalizeEncoding(outputEncoding) === 'utf16le')
-    throw new ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16();
 
   // Explicit conversion for backward compatibility.
   const ret = this[kHandle].digest(`${outputEncoding}`);
@@ -116,8 +115,6 @@ Hmac.prototype.update = Hash.prototype.update;
 Hmac.prototype.digest = function digest(outputEncoding) {
   const state = this[kState];
   outputEncoding = outputEncoding || getDefaultEncoding();
-  if (normalizeEncoding(outputEncoding) === 'utf16le')
-    throw new ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16();
 
   if (state[kFinalized]) {
     const buf = Buffer.from('');
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index 99ccec9109a650..daf6831be05f71 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -744,8 +744,6 @@ E('ERR_CRYPTO_FIPS_FORCED',
   'Cannot set FIPS mode, it was forced with --force-fips at startup.', Error);
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_FIPS_UNAVAILABLE', 'Cannot set FIPS mode in a non-FIPS build.',
   Error);
-E('ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16', 'hash.digest() does not support UTF-16',
-  Error);
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_FINALIZED', 'Digest already called', Error);
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_UPDATE_FAILED', 'Hash update failed', Error);
 E('ERR_CRYPTO_INCOMPATIBLE_KEY_OPTIONS', 'The selected key encoding %s %s.',
diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index a666b0225ac625..2d539094a0589e 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -4676,7 +4676,6 @@ void Hmac::HmacDigest(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   if (args.Length() >= 1) {
     encoding = ParseEncoding(env->isolate(), args[0], BUFFER);
   }
-  CHECK_NE(encoding, UCS2);  // Digest does not support UTF-16
 
   unsigned char md_value[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
   unsigned int md_len = 0;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash.js
index 4d3214adb2db0b..7f752f898a2898 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hash.js
@@ -161,13 +161,9 @@ common.expectsError(
     type: Error
   });
 
-common.expectsError(
-  () => crypto.createHash('sha256').digest('ucs2'),
-  {
-    code: 'ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16',
-    type: Error
-  }
-);
+assert.strictEqual(
+  crypto.createHash('sha256').update('test').digest('ucs2'),
+  crypto.createHash('sha256').update('test').digest().toString('ucs2'));
 
 common.expectsError(
   () => crypto.createHash(),
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hmac.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hmac.js
index 21ff3b0b040506..2601994ab1a433 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-hmac.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-hmac.js
@@ -408,12 +408,9 @@ const rfc2202_sha1 = [
 for (const { key, data, hmac } of rfc2202_sha1)
   testHmac('sha1', key, data, hmac);
 
-common.expectsError(
-  () => crypto.createHmac('sha256', 'w00t').digest('ucs2'),
-  {
-    code: 'ERR_CRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_NO_UTF16',
-    type: Error
-  });
+assert.strictEqual(
+  crypto.createHmac('sha256', 'w00t').digest('ucs2'),
+  crypto.createHmac('sha256', 'w00t').digest().toString('ucs2'));
 
 // Check initialized -> uninitialized state transition after calling digest().
 {