diff --git a/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js b/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
index ce3be84fc3d..ca40ad08dae 100644
--- a/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
+++ b/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
@@ -284,12 +284,6 @@ class WebSocketStream {
       start: (controller) => {
         this.#readableStreamController = controller
       },
-      pull (controller) {
-        let chunk
-        while (controller.desiredSize > 0 && (chunk = response.socket.read()) !== null) {
-          controller.enqueue(chunk)
-        }
-      },
       cancel: (reason) => this.#cancel(reason)
     })
 
diff --git a/test/websocket/stream/issue-4958.js b/test/websocket/stream/issue-4958.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bc447f9c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/websocket/stream/issue-4958.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const { WebSocketServer } = require('ws')
+
+const { WebSocketStream } = require('../../..')
+
+// Repro for: opened.readable may include raw socket bytes instead of only message payloads.
+test('websocketstream opened.readable should expose text message payloads only', async (t) => {
+  const server = new WebSocketServer({
+    port: 0,
+    path: '/',
+    perMessageDeflate: false
+  })
+
+  t.after(() => {
+    for (const client of server.clients) {
+      client.terminate()
+    }
+
+    server.close()
+  })
+
+  server.on('connection', (socket) => {
+    socket.send(JSON.stringify({ event: 'Initialize', data: 1010 }))
+    socket.send(JSON.stringify({ event: 'Ready', data: { id: 1010 } }))
+  })
+
+  const url = `ws://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}/`
+
+  for (let run = 1; run <= 100; run++) {
+    const wss = new WebSocketStream(url)
+    const { readable } = await wss.opened
+    const reader = readable.getReader()
+
+    try {
+      for (let index = 1; index <= 2; index++) {
+        const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+
+        if (done) {
+          break
+        }
+
+        t.assert.strictEqual(
+          typeof value,
+          'string',
+          `run ${run}, chunk ${index}: expected string payload but got ${value?.constructor?.name ?? typeof value}`
+        )
+
+        t.assert.doesNotThrow(
+          () => JSON.parse(value),
+          `run ${run}, chunk ${index}: expected valid JSON text payload`
+        )
+      }
+    } finally {
+      reader.releaseLock()
+      wss.close()
+      await wss.closed.catch(() => {})
+    }
+  }
+})