diff --git a/lib/core/utils/clone.js b/lib/core/utils/clone.js
index b8ab8e4444..5f12ab1beb 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/clone.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils/clone.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import cache from '../base/cache';
-
 /**
- * Deeply clones an object or array
+ * Deeply clones an object or array. DOM nodes or collections of DOM nodes are not deeply cloned and are instead returned as is.
  * @param  {Mixed} obj The object/array to clone
  * @return {Mixed} A clone of the initial object or array
  */
-export default function clone(obj, recursed) {
+export default function clone(obj) {
+  return cloneRecused(obj, new Map());
+}
+
+// internal function to hide non-user facing parameters
+function cloneRecused(obj, seen) {
   if (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object') {
     return obj;
   }
@@ -21,14 +24,7 @@ export default function clone(obj, recursed) {
   }
 
   // handle circular references by caching the cloned object and returning it
-  // clear for every new call to clone so we don't return a cached value for
-  // a different object
-  const seen = cache.get('utils.clone', () => new Map());
-  if (!recursed) {
-    seen.clear();
-  }
-
-  if (recursed && seen.has(obj)) {
+  if (seen.has(obj)) {
     return seen.get(obj);
   }
 
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ export default function clone(obj, recursed) {
     const out = [];
     seen.set(obj, out);
     obj.forEach(value => {
-      out.push(clone(value, true));
+      out.push(cloneRecused(value, seen));
     });
     return out;
   }
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ export default function clone(obj, recursed) {
   seen.set(obj, out);
   // eslint-disable-next-line guard-for-in
   for (const key in obj) {
-    out[key] = clone(obj[key], true);
+    out[key] = cloneRecused(obj[key], seen);
   }
   return out;
 }