diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFizzServerBrowser-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFizzServerBrowser-test.js
index 278a153060179..792b9611f29f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFizzServerBrowser-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFizzServerBrowser-test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // Polyfills for test environment
 global.ReadableStream = require('web-streams-polyfill/ponyfill/es6').ReadableStream;
 global.TextEncoder = require('util').TextEncoder;
-global.AbortController = require('abort-controller');
 
 let React;
 let ReactDOMFizzServer;
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactAbortController.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactAbortController.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b81bd5209981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactAbortController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+import {enableCache} from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
+
+const PossiblyWeakMap = typeof WeakMap === 'function' ? WeakMap : Map;
+
+const signals: Map<
+  AbortControllerShim,
+  AbortSignalShim,
+> = (new PossiblyWeakMap(): any);
+
+const abortedFlags: Map<
+  AbortSignalShim,
+  boolean,
+> = (new PossiblyWeakMap(): any);
+
+type Listener = {
+  listener: any => void,
+  next: Listener | null,
+};
+
+const listenersMap: Map<
+  AbortSignalShim,
+  Map<string, Listener>,
+> = (new PossiblyWeakMap(): any);
+
+function getListeners(target): Map<string, Listener> {
+  const listeners = listenersMap.get(target);
+  if (listeners == null) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/prod-error-codes
+    throw new Error(
+      'Listeners should already be registered. This is a bug in React.',
+    );
+  }
+  return listeners;
+}
+
+class AbortSignalShim {
+  constructor() {
+    listenersMap.set(this, new Map<string, any>());
+  }
+  get aborted() {
+    return !!abortedFlags.get(this);
+  }
+
+  addEventListener(type, listener) {
+    const listeners = getListeners(this);
+    let node = listeners.get(type);
+
+    const newNode = {listener, next: null};
+    if (node === undefined) {
+      listeners.set(type, newNode);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let prev = null;
+    while (node != null) {
+      prev = node;
+      node = node.next;
+    }
+    if (prev != null) {
+      prev.next = newNode;
+    }
+  }
+
+  removeEventListener(eventName, listener) {
+    const listeners = getListeners(this);
+    let node = listeners.get(eventName);
+
+    let prev = null;
+    while (node != null) {
+      if (node.listener === listener) {
+        if (prev !== null) {
+          prev.next = node.next;
+        } else if (node.next !== null) {
+          listeners.set(eventName, node.next);
+        } else {
+          listeners.delete(eventName);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      prev = node;
+      node = node.next;
+    }
+  }
+
+  dispatchEvent(event) {
+    const listeners = getListeners(this);
+    let node = listeners.get(event.type);
+    while (node != null) {
+      node.listener(event);
+      node = node.next;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class AbortControllerShim {
+  constructor() {
+    const signal = new AbortSignalShim();
+    abortedFlags.set(signal, false);
+    signals.set(this, signal);
+  }
+
+  get signal() {
+    return signals.get(this);
+  }
+
+  abort() {
+    const signal = signals.get(this);
+    if (signal == null) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/prod-error-codes
+      throw new Error(
+        'Aborted signal was not registered. This is a bug in React.',
+      );
+    }
+    if (abortedFlags.get(signal) !== false) {
+      return;
+    }
+    abortedFlags.set(signal, true);
+    signal.dispatchEvent({type: 'abort'});
+  }
+}
+
+// In environments without AbortController (e.g. tests)
+// replace it with a lightweight shim that only has the features we use.
+export default enableCache
+  ? typeof AbortController !== 'undefined'
+    ? AbortController
+    : (AbortControllerShim: AbortController)
+  : (null: any);
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.new.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.new.js
index 67588c3219a92..fc2b232d47ffe 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.new.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.new.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {ReactContext} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 
 import {enableCache} from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
 import {REACT_CONTEXT_TYPE} from 'shared/ReactSymbols';
+import AbortController from './ReactAbortController';
 
 import {pushProvider, popProvider} from './ReactFiberNewContext.new';
 import * as Scheduler from 'scheduler';
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.old.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.old.js
index e530619d41664..0b76584629c38 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.old.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCacheComponent.old.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {ReactContext} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 
 import {enableCache} from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
 import {REACT_CONTEXT_TYPE} from 'shared/ReactSymbols';
+import AbortController from './ReactAbortController';
 
 import {pushProvider, popProvider} from './ReactFiberNewContext.old';
 import * as Scheduler from 'scheduler';
diff --git a/scripts/jest/setupEnvironment.js b/scripts/jest/setupEnvironment.js
index d2d510088c45e..2ba88b156169d 100644
--- a/scripts/jest/setupEnvironment.js
+++ b/scripts/jest/setupEnvironment.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 
-const AbortController = require('abort-controller');
-
 const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 if (NODE_ENV !== 'development' && NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
   throw new Error('NODE_ENV must either be set to development or production.');
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ global.__EXPERIMENTAL__ =
 
 global.__VARIANT__ = !!process.env.VARIANT;
 
-global.AbortController = AbortController;
-
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
   global.requestIdleCallback = function(callback) {
     return setTimeout(() => {