diff --git a/src/reconciler/proxies.js b/src/reconciler/proxies.js
index b3681da73..e3deb3019 100644
--- a/src/reconciler/proxies.js
+++ b/src/reconciler/proxies.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { resetClassProxies } from '../proxy/createClassProxy';
 import { isCompositeComponent, isReactClass } from '../internal/reactUtils';
 import configuration from '../configuration';
 import { incrementHotGeneration } from '../global/generation';
-
-const merge = require('lodash/merge');
+import { merge } from './utils';
 
 let signatures;
 let proxiesByID;
diff --git a/src/reconciler/utils.js b/src/reconciler/utils.js
index 0e0df896c..fb1468ad7 100644
--- a/src/reconciler/utils.js
+++ b/src/reconciler/utils.js
@@ -74,3 +74,25 @@ export const areSwappable = (a, b) => {
   }
   return false;
 };
+
+export function merge(...sources) {
+  let acc = {};
+  for (const source of sources) {
+    if (source instanceof Array) {
+      if (!(acc instanceof Array)) {
+        acc = [];
+      }
+      acc = [...acc, ...source];
+    } else if (source instanceof Object) {
+      for (const entry of Object.entries(source)) {
+        const key = entry[0];
+        let value = entry[1];
+        if (value instanceof Object && key in acc) {
+          value = merge(acc[key], value);
+        }
+        acc = { ...acc, [key]: value };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return acc;
+}