diff --git a/src/DeepCopy/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilter.php b/src/DeepCopy/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilter.php
index ca8da5b..c271509 100644
--- a/src/DeepCopy/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilter.php
+++ b/src/DeepCopy/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilter.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 namespace DeepCopy\TypeFilter\Spl;
 
-use Closure;
 use DeepCopy\DeepCopy;
 use DeepCopy\TypeFilter\TypeFilter;
 
@@ -24,30 +23,11 @@ final class ArrayObjectFilter implements TypeFilter
     public function apply(mixed $arrayObject)
     {
         $clone = clone $arrayObject;
-        $copy = $this->createCopyClosure();
-
         foreach ($arrayObject->getArrayCopy() as $k => $v) {
-            $clone->offsetSet($k, $copy($v));
+            $clone->offsetSet($k, $this->copier->copy($v));
         }
 
         return $clone;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Copies through the recursive entry point rather than {@see DeepCopy::copy()},
-     * which would reset the map of already copied objects: shared objects would
-     * be duplicated and a cycle running through the ArrayObject would not
-     * terminate. Same approach as {@see SplDoublyLinkedListFilter}.
-     */
-    private function createCopyClosure(): Closure
-    {
-        $copier = $this->copier;
-
-        $copy = function (mixed $value) use ($copier): mixed {
-            return $copier->recursiveCopy($value);
-        };
-
-        return Closure::bind($copy, null, DeepCopy::class);
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/DeepCopyTest/DeepCopyTest.php b/tests/DeepCopyTest/DeepCopyTest.php
index 7429e3d..ae35cbc 100644
--- a/tests/DeepCopyTest/DeepCopyTest.php
+++ b/tests/DeepCopyTest/DeepCopyTest.php
@@ -247,35 +247,6 @@ class DeepCopyTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame($copy->getProp1()->c, $copy->getProp2());
     }
 
-    public function test_it_keeps_reference_of_objects_shared_through_an_array_object()
-    {
-        $shared = new stdClass();
-
-        $object = new stdClass();
-        $object->collection = new ArrayObject(['a' => $shared, 'b' => $shared]);
-        $object->direct = $shared;
-
-        $copy = deep_copy($object);
-
-        $this->assertEqualButNotSame($shared, $copy->collection['a']);
-        $this->assertSame($copy->collection['a'], $copy->collection['b']);
-        $this->assertSame($copy->collection['a'], $copy->direct);
-    }
-
-    public function test_it_can_copy_graphs_whose_circular_reference_runs_through_an_array_object()
-    {
-        $parent = new stdClass();
-        $child = new stdClass();
-
-        $child->parent = $parent;
-        $parent->children = new ArrayObject([$child]);
-
-        $copy = deep_copy($parent);
-
-        $this->assertEqualButNotSame($child, $copy->children[0]);
-        $this->assertSame($copy, $copy->children[0]->parent);
-    }
-
     public function test_it_can_copy_graphs_with_circular_references()
     {
         $a = new stdClass();
diff --git a/tests/DeepCopyTest/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilterTest.php b/tests/DeepCopyTest/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilterTest.php
index bfdec24..12cf81d 100644
--- a/tests/DeepCopyTest/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/DeepCopyTest/TypeFilter/Spl/ArrayObjectFilterTest.php
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use ArrayObject;
 use DeepCopy\DeepCopy;
 use DeepCopy\TypeFilter\Spl\ArrayObjectFilter;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Prophecy\Prophecy\ObjectProphecy;
 use RecursiveArrayIterator;
-use stdClass;
 
 /**
  * @author Dominic Tubach <dominic.tubach@to.com>
@@ -21,40 +21,28 @@ final class ArrayObjectFilterTest extends TestCase
      */
     private $arrayObjectFilter;
 
+    /**
+     * @var DeepCopy|ObjectProphecy
+     */
+    private $copierProphecy;
+
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
-        $this->arrayObjectFilter = new ArrayObjectFilter(new DeepCopy());
+        $this->copierProphecy = $this->prophesize(DeepCopy::class);
+        $this->arrayObjectFilter = new ArrayObjectFilter(
+            $this->copierProphecy->reveal()
+        );
     }
 
     public function test_it_deep_copies_an_array_object(): void
     {
-        $foo = new stdClass();
-        $foo->bar = 'baz';
+        $arrayObject = new ArrayObject(['foo' => 'bar'], ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS, RecursiveArrayIterator::class);
+        $this->copierProphecy->copy('bar')->willReturn('baz');
 
-        $arrayObject = new ArrayObject(
-            ['foo' => $foo],
-            ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS,
-            RecursiveArrayIterator::class
-        );
-
-        /** @var ArrayObject $newArrayObject */
+        /** @var \ArrayObject $newArrayObject */
         $newArrayObject = $this->arrayObjectFilter->apply($arrayObject);
-
-        $this->assertNotSame($foo, $newArrayObject['foo']);
-        $this->assertEquals($foo, $newArrayObject['foo']);
+        $this->assertSame(['foo' => 'baz'], $newArrayObject->getArrayCopy());
         $this->assertSame(ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS, $newArrayObject->getFlags());
         $this->assertSame(RecursiveArrayIterator::class, $newArrayObject->getIteratorClass());
     }
-
-    public function test_it_keeps_objects_shared_inside_the_array_object_shared(): void
-    {
-        $shared = new stdClass();
-        $arrayObject = new ArrayObject(['a' => $shared, 'b' => $shared]);
-
-        /** @var ArrayObject $newArrayObject */
-        $newArrayObject = $this->arrayObjectFilter->apply($arrayObject);
-
-        $this->assertNotSame($shared, $newArrayObject['a']);
-        $this->assertSame($newArrayObject['a'], $newArrayObject['b']);
-    }
 }