diff --git a/packages/utils/src/stacktrace.ts b/packages/utils/src/stacktrace.ts
index ccf18c64e897..e1a221444eb6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/stacktrace.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/stacktrace.ts
@@ -55,37 +55,38 @@ export function stackParserFromStackParserOptions(stackParser: StackParser | Sta
 }
 
 /**
+ * Removes Sentry frames from the top and bottom of the stack if present and enforces a limit of max number of frames.
+ * Assumes stack input is ordered from top to bottom and returns the reverse representation so call site of the
+ * function that caused the crash is the last frame in the array.
  * @hidden
  */
-export function stripSentryFramesAndReverse(stack: StackFrame[]): StackFrame[] {
+export function stripSentryFramesAndReverse(stack: ReadonlyArray<StackFrame>): StackFrame[] {
   if (!stack.length) {
     return [];
   }
 
-  let localStack = stack;
-
-  const firstFrameFunction = localStack[0].function || '';
-  const lastFrameFunction = localStack[localStack.length - 1].function || '';
+  const localStack = stack.slice(0, STACKTRACE_LIMIT);
 
+  const lastFrameFunction = localStack[localStack.length - 1].function;
   // If stack starts with one of our API calls, remove it (starts, meaning it's the top of the stack - aka last call)
-  if (firstFrameFunction.indexOf('captureMessage') !== -1 || firstFrameFunction.indexOf('captureException') !== -1) {
-    localStack = localStack.slice(1);
+  if (lastFrameFunction && /sentryWrapped/.test(lastFrameFunction)) {
+    localStack.pop();
   }
 
+  // Reversing in the middle of the procedure allows us to just pop the values off the stack
+  localStack.reverse();
+
+  const firstFrameFunction = localStack[localStack.length - 1].function;
   // If stack ends with one of our internal API calls, remove it (ends, meaning it's the bottom of the stack - aka top-most call)
-  if (lastFrameFunction.indexOf('sentryWrapped') !== -1) {
-    localStack = localStack.slice(0, -1);
+  if (firstFrameFunction && /captureMessage|captureException/.test(firstFrameFunction)) {
+    localStack.pop();
   }
 
-  // The frame where the crash happened, should be the last entry in the array
-  return localStack
-    .slice(0, STACKTRACE_LIMIT)
-    .map(frame => ({
-      ...frame,
-      filename: frame.filename || localStack[0].filename,
-      function: frame.function || '?',
-    }))
-    .reverse();
+  return localStack.map(frame => ({
+    ...frame,
+    filename: frame.filename || localStack[localStack.length - 1].filename,
+    function: frame.function || '?',
+  }));
 }
 
 const defaultFunctionName = '<anonymous>';