diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
index 237fa183d5336d..52a6be6dee63c3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
@@ -165,6 +165,23 @@ function initializeDeprecations() {
   const { deprecate } = require('internal/util');
   const pendingDeprecation = getOptionValue('--pending-deprecation');
 
+  // Handle `--debug*` deprecation and invalidation.
+  if (getOptionValue('--debug')) {
+    if (!getOptionValue('--inspect')) {
+      process.emitWarning(
+        '`node --debug` and `node --debug-brk` are invalid. ' +
+          'Please use `node --inspect` or `node --inspect-brk` instead.',
+        'DeprecationWarning', 'DEP0062', undefined, true);
+      process.exit(9);
+    } else if (getOptionValue('--inspect-brk')) {
+      process._deprecatedDebugBrk = true;
+      process.emitWarning(
+        '`node --inspect --debug-brk` is deprecated. ' +
+          'Please use `node --inspect-brk` instead.',
+        'DeprecationWarning', 'DEP0062', undefined, true);
+    }
+  }
+
   // DEP0103: access to `process.binding('util').isX` type checkers
   // TODO(addaleax): Turn into a full runtime deprecation.
   const utilBinding = internalBinding('util');
diff --git a/src/node_process_object.cc b/src/node_process_object.cc
index e4d9d97c681bdd..e3b8eb8d54b7ba 100644
--- a/src/node_process_object.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_object.cc
@@ -256,18 +256,6 @@ MaybeLocal<Object> CreateProcessObject(
                                 "_breakNodeFirstLine", True(env->isolate()));
   }
 
-  // --inspect --debug-brk
-  if (env->options()->debug_options().deprecated_invocation()) {
-    READONLY_DONT_ENUM_PROPERTY(process,
-                                "_deprecatedDebugBrk", True(env->isolate()));
-  }
-
-  // --debug or, --debug-brk without --inspect
-  if (env->options()->debug_options().invalid_invocation()) {
-    READONLY_DONT_ENUM_PROPERTY(process,
-                                "_invalidDebug", True(env->isolate()));
-  }
-
   // --security-revert flags
 #define V(code, _, __)                                                        \
   do {                                                                        \