diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9a69d8907..1bf086908 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@
       "version": "1.4.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/crossfilter2/-/crossfilter2-1.4.7.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-9swxPbMBSO4AjednWnEwlidQQxjYllWmnKkY1hs+QRxbAjsO6QsUYf3GkTDA/KLO1K0FlbWvmMsKxTXZVqp1vw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "lodash.result": "^4.4.0"
       }
@@ -6349,7 +6350,8 @@
     "lodash.result": {
       "version": "4.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.result/-/lodash.result-4.5.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-y0Wyf7kU6qjY7m8M57KHC4fLcKo="
+      "integrity": "sha1-y0Wyf7kU6qjY7m8M57KHC4fLcKo=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "lodash.toarray": {
       "version": "4.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4e919672..35ee94240 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "crossfilter2": "^1.4.7",
     "d3": "^5.9.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "compare-versions": "^3.5.0",
+    "crossfilter2": "^1.4.7",
     "file-saver": "^1.3.8",
     "grunt": "^1.0.4",
     "grunt-browserify": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/src/base-mixin.js b/src/base-mixin.js
index bad356f8c..da8b6127f 100644
--- a/src/base-mixin.js
+++ b/src/base-mixin.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import * as d3 from 'd3';
 
-import { printers, utils } from './utils';
-import { pluck } from './utils';
-import { deregisterChart, instanceOfChart, renderAll, redrawAll, registerChart } from './core';
-import { constants } from './constants';
-import { events } from './events';
-import { logger } from './logger';
+import {pluck, printers, utils} from './utils';
+import {deregisterChart, instanceOfChart, redrawAll, registerChart, renderAll} from './core';
+import {constants} from './constants';
+import {events} from './events';
+import {logger} from './logger';
 import {InvalidStateException} from './invalid-state-exception';
 import {BadArgumentException} from './bad-argument-exception';
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ export const baseMixin = function (_chart) {
     var _label = pluck('key');
 
     var _ordering = pluck('key');
-    var _orderSort;
 
     var _renderLabel = false;
 
@@ -356,23 +354,13 @@ export const baseMixin = function (_chart) {
             return _ordering;
         }
         _ordering = orderFunction;
-        _orderSort = crossfilter.quicksort.by(_ordering);
         _chart.expireCache();
         return _chart;
     };
 
     _chart._computeOrderedGroups = function (data) {
-        var dataCopy = data.slice(0);
-
-        if (dataCopy.length <= 1) {
-            return dataCopy;
-        }
-
-        if (!_orderSort) {
-            _orderSort = crossfilter.quicksort.by(_ordering);
-        }
-
-        return _orderSort(dataCopy, 0, dataCopy.length);
+        // clone the array before sorting, otherwise Array.sort sorts in-place
+        return Array.from(data).sort(function (a, b) { return _ordering(a) - _ordering(b) });
     };
 
     /**