Effect of Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) recombination in deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is investigated numerically. Simulation results show that the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of typical DUV LED increases with the increase of number of quantum wells (QWs) due to the suppression of Auger recombination. However, when the crystalline quality of DUV LED is low, i.e., when the LED is with short SRH lifetime, the IQE may decrease when the number of QWs increases even though the Auger recombination still reduces, which is due mainly to the deteriorated SRH recombination in DUV LEDs which are with poor crystalline quality.