diff --git a/.internal/baseClone.js b/.internal/baseClone.js
index 3307fda50..5e56a964f 100644
--- a/.internal/baseClone.js
+++ b/.internal/baseClone.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import arrayEach from './arrayEach.js'
 import assignValue from './assignValue.js'
 import baseAssign from './baseAssign.js'
 import baseAssignIn from './baseAssignIn.js'
-import baseCreate from './baseCreate.js'
 import cloneBuffer from './cloneBuffer.js'
 import copyArray from './copyArray.js'
 import cloneArrayBuffer from './cloneArrayBuffer.js'
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ const hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty
  */
 function initCloneObject(object) {
   return (typeof object.constructor == 'function' && !isPrototype(object))
-    ? baseCreate(Object.getPrototypeOf(object))
+    ? Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(object))
     : {}
 }
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ function initCloneByTag(object, tag, cloneFunc, isDeep) {
  */
 function initCloneArray(array) {
   const length = array.length
-  const result = array.constructor(length)
+  const result = new array.constructor(length)
 
   // Add properties assigned by `RegExp#exec`.
   if (length && typeof array[0] == 'string' && hasOwnProperty.call(array, 'index')) {
diff --git a/.internal/baseCreate.js b/.internal/baseCreate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b6a728c..000000000
--- a/.internal/baseCreate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import isObject from '../isObject.js'
-
-/**
- * The base implementation of `create` without support for assigning
- * properties to the created object.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {Object} proto The object to inherit from.
- * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
- */
-function baseCreate(proto) {
-  return isObject(proto) ? Object.create(proto) : {}
-}
-
-export default baseCreate
diff --git a/.internal/createCtor.js b/.internal/createCtor.js
index 0e42be188..c32c0a279 100644
--- a/.internal/createCtor.js
+++ b/.internal/createCtor.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import baseCreate from './baseCreate.js'
 import isObject from '../isObject.js'
 
 /**
@@ -24,7 +23,8 @@ function createCtor(Ctor) {
       case 6: return new Ctor(args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5])
       case 7: return new Ctor(args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5], args[6])
     }
-    const thisBinding = baseCreate(Ctor.prototype)
+    const proto = Ctor.prototype
+    const thisBinding = proto == null ? {} : Object.create(Object(proto))
     const result = Ctor.apply(thisBinding, args)
 
     // Mimic the constructor's `return` behavior.
diff --git a/.internal/initCloneArray.js b/.internal/initCloneArray.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c2558093..000000000
--- a/.internal/initCloneArray.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/** Used to check objects for own properties. */
-const hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty
-
-/**
- * Initializes an array clone.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {Array} array The array to clone.
- * @returns {Array} Returns the initialized clone.
- */
-function initCloneArray(array) {
-  const length = array.length
-  const result = new array.constructor(length)
-
-  // Add properties assigned by `RegExp#exec`.
-  if (length && typeof array[0] == 'string' && hasOwnProperty.call(array, 'index')) {
-    result.index = array.index
-    result.input = array.input
-  }
-  return result
-}
-
-export default initCloneArray
diff --git a/.internal/initCloneByTag.js b/.internal/initCloneByTag.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c53e0d8a2..000000000
--- a/.internal/initCloneByTag.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import cloneArrayBuffer from './.internal/cloneArrayBuffer.js'
-import cloneDataView from './.internal/cloneDataView.js'
-import cloneMap from './.internal/cloneMap.js'
-import cloneRegExp from './.internal/cloneRegExp.js'
-import cloneSet from './.internal/cloneSet.js'
-import cloneSymbol from './.internal/cloneSymbol.js'
-import cloneTypedArray from './.internal/cloneTypedArray.js'
-
-/** `Object#toString` result references. */
-const boolTag = '[object Boolean]'
-const dateTag = '[object Date]'
-const mapTag = '[object Map]'
-const numberTag = '[object Number]'
-const regexpTag = '[object RegExp]'
-const setTag = '[object Set]'
-const stringTag = '[object String]'
-const symbolTag = '[object Symbol]'
-
-const arrayBufferTag = '[object ArrayBuffer]'
-const dataViewTag = '[object DataView]'
-const float32Tag = '[object Float32Array]'
-const float64Tag = '[object Float64Array]'
-const int8Tag = '[object Int8Array]'
-const int16Tag = '[object Int16Array]'
-const int32Tag = '[object Int32Array]'
-const uint8Tag = '[object Uint8Array]'
-const uint8ClampedTag = '[object Uint8ClampedArray]'
-const uint16Tag = '[object Uint16Array]'
-const uint32Tag = '[object Uint32Array]'
-
-/**
- * Initializes an object clone based on its `toStringTag`.
- *
- * **Note:** This function only supports cloning values with tags of
- * `Boolean`, `Date`, `Error`, `Number`, `RegExp`, or `String`.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {Object} object The object to clone.
- * @param {string} tag The `toStringTag` of the object to clone.
- * @param {Function} cloneFunc The function to clone values.
- * @param {boolean} [isDeep] Specify a deep clone.
- * @returns {Object} Returns the initialized clone.
- */
-function initCloneByTag(object, tag, cloneFunc, isDeep) {
-  const Ctor = object.constructor
-  switch (tag) {
-    case arrayBufferTag:
-      return cloneArrayBuffer(object)
-
-    case boolTag:
-    case dateTag:
-      return new Ctor(+object)
-
-    case dataViewTag:
-      return cloneDataView(object, isDeep)
-
-    case float32Tag: case float64Tag:
-    case int8Tag: case int16Tag: case int32Tag:
-    case uint8Tag: case uint8ClampedTag: case uint16Tag: case uint32Tag:
-      return cloneTypedArray(object, isDeep)
-
-    case mapTag:
-      return cloneMap(object, isDeep, cloneFunc)
-
-    case numberTag:
-    case stringTag:
-      return new Ctor(object)
-
-    case regexpTag:
-      return cloneRegExp(object)
-
-    case setTag:
-      return cloneSet(object, isDeep, cloneFunc)
-
-    case symbolTag:
-      return cloneSymbol(object)
-  }
-}
-
-export default initCloneByTag
diff --git a/.internal/initCloneObject.js b/.internal/initCloneObject.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5211f06..000000000
--- a/.internal/initCloneObject.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import baseCreate from './.internal/baseCreate.js'
-import isPrototype from './.internal/isPrototype.js'
-
-/**
- * Initializes an object clone.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {Object} object The object to clone.
- * @returns {Object} Returns the initialized clone.
- */
-function initCloneObject(object) {
-  return (typeof object.constructor == 'function' && !isPrototype(object))
-    ? baseCreate(Object.getPrototypeOf(object))
-    : {}
-}
-
-export default initCloneObject
diff --git a/create.js b/create.js
index e3b0f3e53..cd01b4d53 100644
--- a/create.js
+++ b/create.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import baseCreate from './.internal/baseCreate.js'
-
 /**
  * Creates an object that inherits from the `prototype` object. If a
  * `properties` object is given, its own enumerable string keyed properties
@@ -33,7 +31,8 @@ import baseCreate from './.internal/baseCreate.js'
  * // => true
  */
 function create(prototype, properties) {
-  const result = baseCreate(prototype)
+  prototype = prototype === null ? null : Object(prototype)
+  const result = Object.create(prototype)
   return properties == null ? result : Object.assign(result, properties)
 }