diff --git a/src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts b/src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts
index 939ce1153ea..b6c2a618107 100644
--- a/src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts
+++ b/src/js/internal/fs/streams.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ type FD = number;
 
 const { validateInteger, validateInt32, validateFunction } = require("internal/validators");
 
-// Bun supports a fast path for `createReadStream("path.txt")` with `.pipe(res)`,
-// where the entire stream implementation can be bypassed, effectively making it
-// `new Response(Bun.file("path.txt"))`.
-// This makes an idomatic Node.js pattern much faster.
-const kReadStreamFastPath = Symbol("kReadStreamFastPath");
 // Bun supports a fast path for `createWriteStream("path.txt")` where instead of
 // using `node:fs`, `Bun.file(...).writer()` is used instead.
 const kWriteStreamFastPath = Symbol("kWriteStreamFastPath");
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ function ReadStream(this: FSStream, path, options): void {
   // Only buffers are supported.
   options.decodeStrings = true;
 
-  let { fd, autoClose, fs: customFs, start, end = Infinity, encoding } = options;
+  let { fd, autoClose, fs: customFs, start, end = Infinity } = options;
 
   if (fd == null) {
     this[kFs] = customFs || fs;
@@ -206,13 +201,6 @@ function ReadStream(this: FSStream, path, options): void {
     }
   }
 
-  this[kReadStreamFastPath] =
-    start === 0 &&
-    end === Infinity &&
-    autoClose &&
-    !customFs &&
-    // is it an encoding which we don't need to decode?
-    (encoding === "buffer" || encoding === "binary" || encoding == null || encoding === "utf-8" || encoding === "utf8");
   Readable.$call(this, options);
   return this as unknown as void;
 }
@@ -309,6 +297,16 @@ readStreamPrototype._read = function (n) {
   const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(n);
 
   this[kFs].read(this.fd, buf, 0, n, this.pos, (er, bytesRead, buf) => {
+    // If the stream was destroyed while the read was in flight, ignore the
+    // result. The fd has been (or is about to be) closed by _destroy, and
+    // pushing more data or EOF here would clobber the destroyed state —
+    // in particular, push(null) would mark the readable side as ended and
+    // suppress the ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE that end-of-stream/finished/
+    // async iteration relies on. Matches Node.js behavior.
+    if (this.destroyed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (er) {
       require("internal/streams/destroy").errorOrDestroy(this, er);
     } else if (bytesRead > 0) {
@@ -335,17 +333,12 @@ readStreamPrototype._read = function (n) {
 };
 
 readStreamPrototype._destroy = function (this: FSStream, err, cb) {
-  // Usually for async IO it is safe to close a file descriptor
-  // even when there are pending operations. However, due to platform
-  // differences file IO is implemented using synchronous operations
-  // running in a thread pool. Therefore, file descriptors are not safe
-  // to close while used in a pending read or write operation. Wait for
-  // any pending IO (kIsPerformingIO) to complete (kIoDone).
-  if (this[kReadStreamFastPath]) {
-    this.once(kReadStreamFastPath, er => close(this, err || er, cb));
-  } else {
-    close(this, err, cb);
-  }
+  // If a read happens to complete after destroy() has run, the _read
+  // callback above short-circuits on `this.destroyed`, so the stream's
+  // readable state can't be clobbered. Close the fd immediately, matching
+  // the behavior the common `createReadStream(path)` path has had since
+  // #16754.
+  close(this, err, cb);
 };
 
 readStreamPrototype.close = function (cb) {
@@ -389,13 +382,6 @@ function closeAfterSync(stream, err, cb) {
   stream.fd = null;
 }
 
-ReadStream.prototype.pipe = function (this: FSStream, dest, pipeOpts) {
-  // Fast path for streaming files:
-  // if (this[kReadStreamFastPath]) {
-  // }
-  return Readable.prototype.pipe.$call(this, dest, pipeOpts);
-};
-
 function WriteStream(this: FSStream, path: string | null, options?: any): void {
   if (!(this instanceof WriteStream)) {
     return new WriteStream(path, options);
diff --git a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
index ee5c0af2ea1..fef7018740d 100644
--- a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
@@ -2221,6 +2221,42 @@ describe("createReadStream", () => {
     },
     { timeout: 100 },
   );
+
+  // https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30919
+  it("async iterator rejects with ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE when destroy() is called during iteration", async () => {
+    const stream = createReadStream(join(import.meta.dir, "readFileSync.txt"));
+
+    let chunks = 0;
+    let caught: any = undefined;
+    try {
+      for await (const _ of stream) {
+        chunks++;
+        stream.destroy();
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      caught = err;
+    }
+
+    expect(chunks).toBe(1);
+    expect(caught).toBeDefined();
+    expect(caught?.code).toBe("ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE");
+  });
+
+  // Regression: _destroy used to register `once(kReadStreamFastPath, ...)` for an
+  // event that is never emitted when { start, autoClose } were both truthy, so
+  // 'close' never fired and the fd was leaked.
+  it("emits 'close' and releases fd with { start: 0, autoClose: true }", async () => {
+    const stream = createReadStream(join(import.meta.dir, "readFileSync.txt"), { start: 0, autoClose: true });
+    const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+
+    stream.on("data", () => {});
+    stream.on("close", () => resolve());
+
+    await promise;
+    expect(stream.destroyed).toBe(true);
+    expect(stream.closed).toBe(true);
+    expect(stream.fd).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("fs.WriteStream", () => {