diff --git a/runtime/js/01_web_util.js b/runtime/js/01_web_util.js
index ea8ea4873e..5960691eb2 100644
--- a/runtime/js/01_web_util.js
+++ b/runtime/js/01_web_util.js
@@ -35,86 +35,44 @@
   /** Clone a value in a similar way to structured cloning.  It is similar to a
  * StructureDeserialize(StructuredSerialize(...)). */
   function cloneValue(value) {
-    switch (typeof value) {
-      case "number":
-      case "string":
-      case "boolean":
-      case "undefined":
-      case "bigint":
-        return value;
-      case "object": {
-        if (objectCloneMemo.has(value)) {
-          return objectCloneMemo.get(value);
-        }
-        if (value === null) {
-          return value;
-        }
-        if (value instanceof Date) {
-          return new Date(value.valueOf());
-        }
-        if (value instanceof RegExp) {
-          return new RegExp(value);
-        }
-        if (value instanceof SharedArrayBuffer) {
-          return value;
-        }
-        if (value instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-          const cloned = cloneArrayBuffer(
-            value,
-            0,
-            value.byteLength,
-            ArrayBuffer,
-          );
-          objectCloneMemo.set(value, cloned);
-          return cloned;
-        }
-        if (ArrayBuffer.isView(value)) {
-          const clonedBuffer = cloneValue(value.buffer);
-          // Use DataViewConstructor type purely for type-checking, can be a
-          // DataView or TypedArray.  They use the same constructor signature,
-          // only DataView has a length in bytes and TypedArrays use a length in
-          // terms of elements, so we adjust for that.
-          let length;
-          if (value instanceof DataView) {
-            length = value.byteLength;
-          } else {
-            length = value.length;
-          }
-          return new (value.constructor)(
-            clonedBuffer,
-            value.byteOffset,
-            length,
-          );
-        }
-        if (value instanceof Map) {
-          const clonedMap = new Map();
-          objectCloneMemo.set(value, clonedMap);
-          value.forEach((v, k) => {
-            clonedMap.set(cloneValue(k), cloneValue(v));
-          });
-          return clonedMap;
-        }
-        if (value instanceof Set) {
-          // assumes that cloneValue still takes only one argument
-          const clonedSet = new Set([...value].map(cloneValue));
-          objectCloneMemo.set(value, clonedSet);
-          return clonedSet;
-        }
-
-        // default for objects
-        const clonedObj = {};
-        objectCloneMemo.set(value, clonedObj);
-        const sourceKeys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(value);
-        for (const key of sourceKeys) {
-          clonedObj[key] = cloneValue(value[key]);
-        }
-        Reflect.setPrototypeOf(clonedObj, Reflect.getPrototypeOf(value));
-        return clonedObj;
+    // Performance optimization for buffers, otherwise
+    // `serialize/deserialize` will allocate new buffer.
+    if (value instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+      const cloned = cloneArrayBuffer(
+        value,
+        0,
+        value.byteLength,
+        ArrayBuffer,
+      );
+      objectCloneMemo.set(value, cloned);
+      return cloned;
+    }
+    if (ArrayBuffer.isView(value)) {
+      const clonedBuffer = cloneValue(value.buffer);
+      // Use DataViewConstructor type purely for type-checking, can be a
+      // DataView or TypedArray.  They use the same constructor signature,
+      // only DataView has a length in bytes and TypedArrays use a length in
+      // terms of elements, so we adjust for that.
+      let length;
+      if (value instanceof DataView) {
+        length = value.byteLength;
+      } else {
+        length = value.length;
       }
-      case "symbol":
-      case "function":
-      default:
-        throw new DOMException("Uncloneable value in stream", "DataCloneError");
+      return new (value.constructor)(
+        clonedBuffer,
+        value.byteOffset,
+        length,
+      );
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return Deno.core.deserialize(Deno.core.serialize(value));
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e instanceof TypeError) {
+        throw new DOMException("Uncloneable value", "DataCloneError");
+      }
+      throw e;
     }
   }