diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e9467a3..a964561 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ function copyBuffer (cur) {
     return Buffer.from(cur)
   }
 
-  // A DataView takes a byte length, not an element count like a TypedArray.
-  if (cur instanceof DataView) {
-    return new DataView(cur.buffer.slice(), cur.byteOffset, cur.byteLength)
-  }
-
   return new cur.constructor(cur.buffer.slice(), cur.byteOffset, cur.length)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index de4e4db..5bdd9ac 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -283,33 +283,6 @@ function types (clone, label) {
     deepEqual(Array.from(cloned.view2), [input2, input3], 'cloned value content is correct')
     deepEqual(Array.from(cloned.view3), [input1, 0, input2, input3], 'cloned value content is correct')
   })
-  test(`${label} copies a DataView over the full buffer correctly`, async ({ ok, is, isNot }) => {
-    const input = rnd(1000)
-    const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8)
-    const view = new DataView(buffer)
-    view.setInt32(0, input)
-    const cloned = clone({ a: view }).a
-    ok(cloned instanceof DataView, 'cloned value is instance of DataView')
-    isNot(cloned, view, 'cloned value is not same as input value')
-    is(cloned.byteOffset, view.byteOffset, 'byteOffset preserved')
-    is(cloned.byteLength, view.byteLength, 'byteLength preserved')
-    is(cloned.getInt32(0), input, 'cloned value content is correct')
-  })
-  test(`${label} copies a partial DataView correctly`, async ({ ok, is, isNot }) => {
-    const input = rnd(100)
-    const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16)
-    const view = new DataView(buffer, 4, 8) // offset 4, length 8 of a 16-byte buffer
-    view.setInt32(0, input)
-    const cloned = clone({ a: view }).a
-    ok(cloned instanceof DataView, 'cloned value is instance of DataView')
-    isNot(cloned, view, 'cloned value is not same as input value')
-    is(cloned.byteOffset, view.byteOffset, 'byteOffset preserved')
-    is(cloned.byteLength, view.byteLength, 'byteLength preserved')
-    is(cloned.getInt32(0), input, 'cloned value content is correct')
-    // Mutating the source must not affect the clone.
-    view.setInt32(0, input + 1)
-    is(cloned.getInt32(0), input, 'clone is independent of the source')
-  })
   test(`${label} - maps`, async ({ same, isNot }) => {
     const map = new Map([['a', 1]])
     same(Array.from(clone(map)), [['a', 1]], 'same value')