diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 3e82ce668..24f0e6bfd 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@
 
     /** Built-in value references. */
     var Buffer = moduleExports ? context.Buffer : undefined,
+        objectCreate = Object.create,
         Reflect = context.Reflect,
         Symbol = context.Symbol,
         Uint8Array = context.Uint8Array,
@@ -2373,17 +2374,9 @@
      * @param {Object} prototype The object to inherit from.
      * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
      */
-    var baseCreate = (function() {
-      function object() {}
-      return function(prototype) {
-        if (isObject(prototype)) {
-          object.prototype = prototype;
-          var result = new object;
-          object.prototype = undefined;
-        }
-        return result || {};
-      };
-    }());
+    function baseCreate(proto) {
+      return isObject(proto) ? objectCreate(proto) : {};
+    }
 
     /**
      * The base implementation of `_.delay` and `_.defer` which accepts an array
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 8de250eb1..b17a37108 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@
         funcProto._method = noop;
 
         // Set bad shims.
-        setProperty(Object, '_create', Object.create);
-        setProperty(Object, 'create', noop);
-
         setProperty(Object, '_getOwnPropertySymbols', Object.getOwnPropertySymbols);
         setProperty(Object, 'getOwnPropertySymbols', undefined);
 
@@ -133,11 +130,6 @@
 
         setProperty(objectProto, 'propertyIsEnumerable', objectProto._propertyIsEnumerable);
 
-        if (Object._create) {
-          Object.create = Object._create;
-        } else {
-          delete Object.create;
-        }
         if (Object._getOwnPropertySymbols) {
           Object.getOwnPropertySymbols = Object._getOwnPropertySymbols;
         } else {
@@ -174,7 +166,6 @@
 
         delete funcProto._method;
         delete objectProto._propertyIsEnumerable;
-        delete Object._create;
         delete Object._getOwnPropertySymbols;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 6542d6fd3..fe161a24b 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@
     funcProto._method = noop;
 
     // Set bad shims.
-    setProperty(Object, 'create', noop);
 
     var _getOwnPropertySymbols = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols;
     setProperty(Object, 'getOwnPropertySymbols', undefined);
@@ -520,7 +519,6 @@
     root._ = oldDash;
 
     // Restore built-in methods.
-    setProperty(Object, 'create', create);
     setProperty(objectProto, 'propertyIsEnumerable', _propertyIsEnumerable);
     setProperty(root, 'Buffer', Buffer);