diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 8c4ea11a14ed8b..21d3774a586a7f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 const {
   ArrayFrom,
+  Boolean,
   Error,
   Map,
+  NumberIsInteger,
   Object,
   Set,
   Symbol,
-  NumberIsNaN,
   SymbolToStringTag,
 } = primordials;
 
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ const {
   codes: {
     ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
     ERR_EVENT_RECURSION,
-    ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE,
     ERR_MISSING_ARGS
   }
 } = require('internal/errors');
+const { validateInteger, validateObject } = require('internal/validators');
 
 const { customInspectSymbol } = require('internal/util');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
@@ -54,11 +55,10 @@ class Event {
 
 
   constructor(type, options) {
-    if (arguments.length === 0) {
+    if (arguments.length === 0)
       throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('type');
-    }
-    if (options != null && typeof options !== 'object')
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options', 'object', options);
+    if (options != null)
+      validateObject(options, 'options');
     const { cancelable, bubbles, composed } = { ...options };
     this.#cancelable = !!cancelable;
     this.#bubbles = !!bubbles;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Event {
       return name;
 
     const opts = Object.assign({}, options, {
-      dept: options.depth === null ? null : options.depth - 1
+      depth: NumberIsInteger(options.depth) ? options.depth - 1 : options.depth
     });
 
     return `${name} ${inspect({
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class EventTarget {
     this.#emitting.delete(event.type);
     event[kTarget] = undefined;
 
-    return event.defaultPrevented === true ? false : true;
+    return event.defaultPrevented !== true;
   }
 
   [customInspectSymbol](depth, options) {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class EventTarget {
       return name;
 
     const opts = Object.assign({}, options, {
-      dept: options.depth === null ? null : options.depth - 1
+      depth: NumberIsInteger(options.depth) ? options.depth - 1 : options.depth
     });
 
     return `${name} ${inspect({}, opts)}`;
@@ -350,9 +350,7 @@ class NodeEventTarget extends EventTarget {
   }
 
   setMaxListeners(n) {
-    if (typeof n !== 'number' || n < 0 || NumberIsNaN(n)) {
-      throw new ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE('n', 'a non-negative number', n);
-    }
+    validateInteger(n, 'n', 0);
     this.#maxListeners = n;
     return this;
   }
@@ -430,20 +428,13 @@ function validateListener(listener) {
 }
 
 function validateEventListenerOptions(options) {
-  if (typeof options === 'boolean') {
-    options = { capture: options };
-  }
-  if (options == null || typeof options !== 'object')
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options', 'object', options);
-  const {
-    once = false,
-    capture = false,
-    passive = false,
-  } = options;
+  if (typeof options === 'boolean')
+    return { capture: options };
+  validateObject(options, 'options');
   return {
-    once: !!once,
-    capture: !!capture,
-    passive: !!passive,
+    once: Boolean(options.once),
+    capture: Boolean(options.capture),
+    passive: Boolean(options.passive),
   };
 }