diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
index d5d8b3683402be..cd1895912d24d1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/hooks.js
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ const {
   SafeSet,
   StringPrototypeSlice,
   StringPrototypeToUpperCase,
-  TypedArrayPrototypeFill,
-  TypedArrayPrototypeSet,
   globalThis,
 } = primordials;
 
@@ -24,14 +22,11 @@ const {
   ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { URL } = require('internal/url');
+const { receiveMessageOnPort } = require('worker_threads');
 const {
   isAnyArrayBuffer,
   isArrayBufferView,
 } = require('internal/util/types');
-const {
-  deserialize,
-  serialize,
-} = require('v8');
 const {
   validateObject,
   validateString,
@@ -445,12 +440,6 @@ class Hooks {
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(Hooks.prototype, null);
 
 class HooksProxy {
-  /**
-   * The request & response segment of the shared memory. TextEncoder/Decoder (needed to convert
-   * requests & responses into a format supported by the comms channel) reads and writes with
-   * Uint8Array.
-   */
-  #data;
   /**
    * The lock/unlock segment of the shared memory. Atomics require this to be a Int32Array. This
    * segment is used to tell the main to sleep when the worker is processing.
@@ -473,9 +462,7 @@ class HooksProxy {
     const { InternalWorker } = require('internal/worker');
     const { MessageChannel } = require('internal/worker/io');
 
-    const data = new SharedArrayBuffer(204_800);
     const lock = new SharedArrayBuffer(4);
-    this.#data = new Uint8Array(data);
     this.#lock = new Int32Array(lock);
     const syncCommChannel = new MessageChannel();
     this.#syncCommPort = syncCommChannel.port1;
@@ -486,7 +473,6 @@ class HooksProxy {
       stdout: false,
       trackUnmanagedFds: false,
       workerData: {
-        data,
         lock,
         syncCommPort: syncCommChannel.port2,
       },
@@ -505,46 +491,18 @@ class HooksProxy {
       this.#isReady = true;
     }
 
-    TypedArrayPrototypeFill(this.#data, undefined); // Erase handled request/response data
-    const request = serialize({ method, args });
-    TypedArrayPrototypeSet(this.#data, request);
-
-    // Signal the worker that there is work to do.
-    this.#syncCommPort.postMessage(true);
-
-    const chunks = [];
-    let done = false;
-    try {
-      while (done === false) {
-        this.#awaitResponse();
-        const chunkContainer = deserialize(this.#data);
-        // `deserialize` might return an error, such as a `RangeError`, rather than throw it
-        if (chunkContainer instanceof Error) { throw chunkContainer; }
-        ({ done } = chunkContainer);
-        const { value } = chunkContainer;
-        if (!value) { throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE('an object', method, undefined); }
-        ArrayPrototypePush(chunks, value);
-      }
-    } catch (exception) {
-      if (this.#data[0] === 0) { // Response should not be empty
-        throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE('an object', method, undefined);
-      } else {
-        throw exception;
-      }
-    }
-    if (chunks.length === 0) { // Response should not be empty
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE('an object', method, undefined);
-    }
-    const reassembledChunks = Buffer.concat(chunks);
-    const response = deserialize(reassembledChunks);
-    if (response instanceof Error) { throw response; }
-    return response;
-  }
+    // Pass work to the worker.
+    this.#syncCommPort.postMessage({ method, args });
 
-  #awaitResponse() {
     Atomics.store(this.#lock, 0, 0); // Send request to worker
-    Atomics.notify(this.#lock, 0); // Notify worker of new request
     Atomics.wait(this.#lock, 0, 0); // Sleep until worker responds
+
+    const response = receiveMessageOnPort(this.#syncCommPort).message;
+    if (response instanceof Error) {
+      throw response;
+    } else {
+      return response;
+    }
   }
 }
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(HooksProxy.prototype, null);
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/worker.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/worker.js
index c4eebc1ec173aa..63128407f3c012 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/worker.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/worker.js
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ const {
   Int32Array,
   ReflectApply,
   SafeWeakMap,
-  TypedArrayPrototypeFill,
-  TypedArrayPrototypeSet,
-  Uint8Array,
   globalThis: {
     Atomics,
   },
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ const { workerData } = require('worker_threads');
 // lock = 0 -> main sleeps
 // lock = 1 -> worker sleeps
 const lock = new Int32Array(workerData.lock); // Required by Atomics
-const data = new Uint8Array(workerData.data); // For v8.deserialize/serialize
 const { syncCommPort } = workerData; // To receive work signals.
 const CHUNK_THRESHOLD = data.length - 26; // `{ done: true/false, value: … }` adds 26 bytes
 
@@ -49,16 +45,11 @@ function releaseLock() {
 
   syncCommPort.on('message', handleSyncMessage);
 
-  // ! Put as little above this line as possible
-  releaseLock(); // Send 'ready' signal to main
+  // ! Put as little above this line as possible.
+  releaseLock(); // Send 'ready' signal to main.
 
-  const { deserialize, serialize } = require('v8');
-
-  async function handleSyncMessage() {
-    const { method, args } = deserialize(data);
-    TypedArrayPrototypeFill(data, undefined);
-
-    // Each potential exception needs to be caught individually so that the correct error is sent to the main thread
+  async function handleSyncMessage({ method, args }) {
+    // Each potential exception needs to be caught individually so that the correct error is sent to the main thread.
     let response;
     if (initializationError) {
       response = initializationError;
@@ -69,33 +60,18 @@ function releaseLock() {
           throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE('object', method, response)
         }
       } catch (exception) {
-        TypedArrayPrototypeSet(data, serialize({
-          __proto__: null,
-          done: i === chunkCount - 1,
-          value: serialize(exception),
-        }));
-        releaseLock();
+        response = exception
       }
     }
 
+    // Send the method response (or exception) to the main thread.
     try {
-      const serializedResponseValue = serialize(response);
-      const chunkCount = Math.ceil(serializedResponseValue.byteLength / CHUNK_THRESHOLD);
-      for (let i = 0; i < chunkCount; i++) {
-        const chunk = {
-          __proto__: null,
-          done: i === chunkCount - 1,
-          value: serializedResponseValue.slice(i, i + CHUNK_THRESHOLD),
-        };
-        const serializedChunk = serialize(chunk);
-        // Send the method response (or exception) to the main thread
-        TypedArrayPrototypeSet(data, serializedChunk);
-        releaseLock();
-      }
+      syncCommPort.postMessage(response);
     } catch (exception) {
-      TypedArrayPrototypeSet(data, serialize(exception));
-      releaseLock();
+      // Or send the exception thrown when trying to send the response.
+      syncCommPort.postMessage(exception);
     }
+    releaseLock();
   }
 })().catch((err) => {
   // The triggerUncaughtException call below does not terminate the process or surface errors to the user;