diff --git a/.internal/escapeHtmlChar.js b/.internal/escapeHtmlChar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b25e2f3..000000000
--- a/.internal/escapeHtmlChar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import basePropertyOf from './.internal/basePropertyOf.js';
-
-/** Used to map characters to HTML entities. */
-const htmlEscapes = {
-  '&': '&',
-  '<': '&lt;',
-  '>': '&gt;',
-  '"': '&quot;',
-  "'": '&#39;'
-};
-
-/**
- * Used by `escape` to convert characters to HTML entities.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {string} chr The matched character to escape.
- * @returns {string} Returns the escaped character.
- */
-const escapeHtmlChar = basePropertyOf(htmlEscapes);
-
-export default escapeHtmlChar;
diff --git a/.internal/unescapeHtmlChar.js b/.internal/unescapeHtmlChar.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c6a6328d9..000000000
--- a/.internal/unescapeHtmlChar.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import basePropertyOf from './.internal/basePropertyOf.js';
-
-/** Used to map HTML entities to characters. */
-const htmlUnescapes = {
-  '&amp;': '&',
-  '&lt;': '<',
-  '&gt;': '>',
-  '&quot;': '"',
-  '&#39;': "'"
-};
-
-/**
- * Used by `unescape` to convert HTML entities to characters.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {string} chr The matched character to unescape.
- * @returns {string} Returns the unescaped character.
- */
-const unescapeHtmlChar = basePropertyOf(htmlUnescapes);
-
-export default unescapeHtmlChar;
diff --git a/escape.js b/escape.js
index 19cdda166..0e244b23c 100644
--- a/escape.js
+++ b/escape.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import escapeHtmlChar from './.internal/escapeHtmlChar.js';
 import toString from './toString.js';
 
+/** Used to map characters to HTML entities. */
+const htmlEscapes = {
+  '&': '&amp;',
+  '<': '&lt;',
+  '>': '&gt;',
+  '"': '&quot;',
+  "'": '&#39;'
+};
+
 /** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
 const reUnescapedHtml = /[&<>"']/g;
 const reHasUnescapedHtml = RegExp(reUnescapedHtml.source);
@@ -34,7 +42,7 @@ const reHasUnescapedHtml = RegExp(reUnescapedHtml.source);
 function escape(string) {
   string = toString(string);
   return (string && reHasUnescapedHtml.test(string))
-    ? string.replace(reUnescapedHtml, escapeHtmlChar)
+    ? string.replace(reUnescapedHtml, chr => htmlEscapes[chr])
     : string;
 }
 
diff --git a/unescape.js b/unescape.js
index 4194dcf1e..bc8162a1a 100644
--- a/unescape.js
+++ b/unescape.js
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import toString from './toString.js';
-import unescapeHtmlChar from './.internal/unescapeHtmlChar.js';
+
+/** Used to map HTML entities to characters. */
+const htmlUnescapes = {
+  '&amp;': '&',
+  '&lt;': '<',
+  '&gt;': '>',
+  '&quot;': '"',
+  '&#39;': "'"
+};
 
 /** Used to match HTML entities and HTML characters. */
 const reEscapedHtml = /&(?:amp|lt|gt|quot|#39);/g;
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source);
 function unescape(string) {
   string = toString(string);
   return (string && reHasEscapedHtml.test(string))
-    ? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, unescapeHtmlChar)
+    ? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, entity => htmlUnescapes[entity])
     : string;
 }