diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index f45fe2dad954d2..d3cbdf66a3a21d 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const binding = process.binding('buffer');
+const { isArrayBuffer } = process.binding('util');
 const bindingObj = {};
 
+class FastBuffer extends Uint8Array {}
+
+FastBuffer.prototype.constructor = Buffer;
+Buffer.prototype = FastBuffer.prototype;
+
 exports.Buffer = Buffer;
 exports.SlowBuffer = SlowBuffer;
 exports.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = 50;
@@ -63,24 +69,18 @@ Buffer.prototype.swap32 = function swap32() {
 // do not own the ArrayBuffer allocator.  Zero fill is always on in that case.
 const zeroFill = bindingObj.zeroFill || [0];
 
-function createBuffer(size, noZeroFill) {
-  if (noZeroFill)
-    zeroFill[0] = 0;
-
+function createUnsafeBuffer(size) {
+  zeroFill[0] = 0;
   try {
-    var ui8 = new Uint8Array(size);
+    return new FastBuffer(size);
   } finally {
-    if (noZeroFill)
-      zeroFill[0] = 1;
+    zeroFill[0] = 1;
   }
-
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(ui8, Buffer.prototype);
-  return ui8;
 }
 
 function createPool() {
   poolSize = Buffer.poolSize;
-  allocPool = createBuffer(poolSize, true);
+  allocPool = createUnsafeBuffer(poolSize);
   poolOffset = 0;
 }
 createPool();
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ Buffer.from = function(value, encodingOrOffset, length) {
   return fromObject(value);
 };
 
-Object.setPrototypeOf(Buffer.prototype, Uint8Array.prototype);
 Object.setPrototypeOf(Buffer, Uint8Array);
 
 function assertSize(size) {
@@ -158,18 +157,16 @@ function assertSize(size) {
  **/
 Buffer.alloc = function(size, fill, encoding) {
   assertSize(size);
-  if (size <= 0)
-    return createBuffer(size);
-  if (fill !== undefined) {
+  if (size > 0 && fill !== undefined) {
     // Since we are filling anyway, don't zero fill initially.
     // Only pay attention to encoding if it's a string. This
     // prevents accidentally sending in a number that would
     // be interpretted as a start offset.
-    return typeof encoding === 'string' ?
-        createBuffer(size, true).fill(fill, encoding) :
-        createBuffer(size, true).fill(fill);
+    if (typeof encoding !== 'string')
+      encoding = undefined;
+    return createUnsafeBuffer(size).fill(fill, encoding);
   }
-  return createBuffer(size);
+  return new FastBuffer(size);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ Buffer.allocUnsafe = function(size) {
  **/
 Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow = function(size) {
   assertSize(size);
-  return createBuffer(size, true);
+  return createUnsafeBuffer(size);
 };
 
 // If --zero-fill-buffers command line argument is set, a zero-filled
@@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow = function(size) {
 function SlowBuffer(length) {
   if (+length != length)
     length = 0;
-  return createBuffer(+length, true);
+  return createUnsafeBuffer(+length);
 }
 
 Object.setPrototypeOf(SlowBuffer.prototype, Uint8Array.prototype);
@@ -205,7 +202,7 @@ Object.setPrototypeOf(SlowBuffer, Uint8Array);
 
 function allocate(size) {
   if (size <= 0) {
-    return createBuffer(0);
+    return new FastBuffer();
   }
   if (size < (Buffer.poolSize >>> 1)) {
     if (size > (poolSize - poolOffset))
@@ -218,7 +215,7 @@ function allocate(size) {
     // Even though this is checked above, the conditional is a safety net and
     // sanity check to prevent any subsequent typed array allocation from not
     // being zero filled.
-    return createBuffer(size, true);
+    return createUnsafeBuffer(size);
   }
 }
 
@@ -231,7 +228,7 @@ function fromString(string, encoding) {
     throw new TypeError('"encoding" must be a valid string encoding');
 
   if (string.length === 0)
-    return Buffer.alloc(0);
+    return new FastBuffer();
 
   var length = byteLength(string, encoding);
 
@@ -251,18 +248,30 @@ function fromArrayLike(obj) {
   const length = obj.length;
   const b = allocate(length);
   for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
-    b[i] = obj[i] & 255;
+    b[i] = obj[i];
   return b;
 }
 
 function fromArrayBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length) {
+  if (!isArrayBuffer(obj))
+    throw new TypeError('argument is not an ArrayBuffer');
+
   byteOffset >>>= 0;
 
-  if (typeof length === 'undefined')
-    return binding.createFromArrayBuffer(obj, byteOffset);
+  const maxLength = obj.byteLength - byteOffset;
+
+  if (maxLength <= 0)
+    throw new RangeError("'offset' is out of bounds");
+
+  if (length === undefined) {
+    length = maxLength;
+  } else {
+    length >>>= 0;
+    if (length > maxLength)
+      throw new RangeError("'length' is out of bounds");
+  }
 
-  length >>>= 0;
-  return binding.createFromArrayBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length);
+  return new FastBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length);
 }
 
 function fromObject(obj) {
@@ -279,7 +288,7 @@ function fromObject(obj) {
   if (obj) {
     if (obj.buffer instanceof ArrayBuffer || 'length' in obj) {
       if (typeof obj.length !== 'number' || obj.length !== obj.length) {
-        return allocate(0);
+        return new FastBuffer();
       }
       return fromArrayLike(obj);
     }
@@ -346,7 +355,7 @@ Buffer.concat = function(list, length) {
     throw new TypeError('"list" argument must be an Array of Buffers');
 
   if (list.length === 0)
-    return Buffer.alloc(0);
+    return new FastBuffer();
 
   if (length === undefined) {
     length = 0;
@@ -823,10 +832,26 @@ Buffer.prototype.toJSON = function() {
 };
 
 
+function adjustOffset(offset, length) {
+  offset = +offset;
+  if (offset === 0 || Number.isNaN(offset)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if (offset < 0) {
+    offset += length;
+    return offset > 0 ? offset : 0;
+  } else {
+    return offset < length ? offset : length;
+  }
+}
+
+
 Buffer.prototype.slice = function slice(start, end) {
-  const buffer = this.subarray(start, end);
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(buffer, Buffer.prototype);
-  return buffer;
+  const srcLength = this.length;
+  start = adjustOffset(start, srcLength);
+  end = end !== undefined ? adjustOffset(end, srcLength) : srcLength;
+  const newLength = end > start ? end - start : 0;
+  return new FastBuffer(this.buffer, this.byteOffset + start, newLength);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/node_buffer.cc b/src/node_buffer.cc
index bb94263ccd5b64..def99b2883f21d 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/node_buffer.cc
@@ -427,33 +427,6 @@ void CreateFromString(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 }
 
 
-void CreateFromArrayBuffer(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
-  Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
-  if (!args[0]->IsArrayBuffer())
-    return env->ThrowTypeError("argument is not an ArrayBuffer");
-  Local<ArrayBuffer> ab = args[0].As<ArrayBuffer>();
-
-  size_t ab_length = ab->ByteLength();
-  size_t offset;
-  size_t max_length;
-
-  CHECK_NOT_OOB(ParseArrayIndex(args[1], 0, &offset));
-  CHECK_NOT_OOB(ParseArrayIndex(args[2], ab_length - offset, &max_length));
-
-  if (offset >= ab_length)
-    return env->ThrowRangeError("'offset' is out of bounds");
-  if (max_length > ab_length - offset)
-    return env->ThrowRangeError("'length' is out of bounds");
-
-  Local<Uint8Array> ui = Uint8Array::New(ab, offset, max_length);
-  Maybe<bool> mb =
-      ui->SetPrototype(env->context(), env->buffer_prototype_object());
-  if (!mb.FromMaybe(false))
-    return env->ThrowError("Unable to set Object prototype");
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(ui);
-}
-
-
 template <encoding encoding>
 void StringSlice(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
@@ -1242,7 +1215,6 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
 
   env->SetMethod(target, "setupBufferJS", SetupBufferJS);
   env->SetMethod(target, "createFromString", CreateFromString);
-  env->SetMethod(target, "createFromArrayBuffer", CreateFromArrayBuffer);
 
   env->SetMethod(target, "byteLengthUtf8", ByteLengthUtf8);
   env->SetMethod(target, "compare", Compare);