diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 5b98466..fd1999c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
     },
     "globals": {
       "AbortController": true,
-      "AbortSignal": true
+        "AbortSignal": true,
+        "WeakRef": true,
+        "FinalizationRegistry": true
     },
     "parserOptions": {
         "ecmaVersion": 2018,
diff --git a/src/abortcontroller.js b/src/abortcontroller.js
index 9a4a849..161e6a0 100644
--- a/src/abortcontroller.js
+++ b/src/abortcontroller.js
@@ -45,7 +45,154 @@ class Emitter {
   }
 }
 
-export class AbortSignal extends Emitter {
+const supportsEventTarget = typeof EventTarget !== 'undefined';
+const EventTargetClass = supportsEventTarget ? EventTarget : Emitter;
+
+const createWeakRef = (value) => {
+  if (typeof WeakRef !== 'undefined') {
+    return new WeakRef(value);
+  }
+  return { deref: () => value };
+};
+
+let symbolId = 0;
+const symbolStamp = Math.random() * 99999;
+const createSymbol = (name) => {
+  return typeof Symbol !== 'undefined' ? Symbol(name) : `__Symbol_${symbolStamp}_${symbolId++}__`;
+};
+
+const createWeakMap = () => {
+  if (typeof WeakMap !== 'undefined') {
+    return new WeakMap();
+  }
+  const symbol = createSymbol('WeakMap');
+
+  return {
+    get: (key) => key[symbol],
+    set: (key, value) => {
+      Object.defineProperty(key, symbol, {
+        enumerable: false,
+        configurable: true,
+        value,
+        writable: true,
+      });
+    },
+    delete: (key) => { delete key[symbol]; },
+  };
+};
+const createFinalizationRegistry = (cleanupCallback) => {
+  if (typeof FinalizationRegistry !== 'undefined') {
+    return new FinalizationRegistry(cleanupCallback);
+  }
+  return { register: () => { }, unregister: () => { } };
+};
+
+class IterableWeakSet {
+  constructor() {
+    this._head = null;
+    this._tail = null;
+    this._finalizationRegistry = createFinalizationRegistry((node) => this._deleteNode(node));
+    this._nodes = createWeakMap();
+  }
+
+  clear() {
+    while (this._head) {
+      this._deleteNode(this._head);
+    }
+  }
+  add(value) {
+    const currentNode = this._nodes.get(value);
+    if (currentNode) {
+      if (currentNode.value.deref()) {
+        return;
+      } 
+      this._deleteNode(currentNode);
+    }
+
+    const node = { value: createWeakRef(value), next: null, prev: null };
+    if (!this._head) {
+      this._head = node;
+      this._tail = node;
+    } else {
+      this._tail.next = node;
+      node.prev = this._tail;
+      this._tail = node;
+    }
+    this._nodes.set(value, node);
+    this._finalizationRegistry.register(value, node);
+  }
+
+  delete(value) {
+    const node = this._nodes.get(value);
+    if (!node) return;
+    this._deleteNode(node);
+  }
+
+  _deleteNode(node) {
+    if (!node) return;
+    this._nodes.delete(node);
+    const value = node.value.deref();
+    if (value) {
+      this._finalizationRegistry.unregister(value);
+    }
+    if (node === this._head) {
+      if (node.next) {
+        node.next.prev = null;
+      } else {
+        this._tail = node.next;
+      }
+
+      this._head = node.next;
+    } else if (node === this._tail) {
+      if (node.prev) {
+        node.prev.next = null;
+      } else {
+        this._head = node.prev;
+      }
+      this._tail = node.prev;
+    } else {
+      const prev = node.prev;
+      const next = node.next;
+      prev.next = next;
+      next.prev = prev;
+    }
+  }
+  toArray() {
+    const result = [];
+    let node = this._head;
+    while (node) {
+      const value = node.value.deref();
+      if (value) {
+        result.push(value);
+      } else {
+        this._deleteNode(node);
+      }
+      node = node.next;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+
+
+const controllerSymbol = createSymbol('AbortController');
+const anySignalsSymbol = createSymbol('AbortSignal.any');
+
+
+/**
+ * @this AbortSignal
+ */
+function abortAnySignals() {
+  const anySignals = this[anySignalsSymbol].toArray();
+
+  for (const signal of anySignals) {
+    const controller = signal[controllerSymbol];
+    controller.abort(this.reason);
+  }
+  this[anySignalsSymbol].clear();
+  this.removeEventListener('abort', abortAnySignals);
+}
+
+export class AbortSignal extends EventTargetClass {
   constructor() {
     super();
     // Some versions of babel does not transpile super() correctly for IE <= 10, if the parent
@@ -54,8 +201,8 @@ export class AbortSignal extends Emitter {
     // https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/3041
     // This hack was added as a fix for the issue described here:
     // https://github.com/Financial-Times/polyfill-library/pull/59#issuecomment-477558042
-    if (!this.listeners) {
-      Emitter.call(this);
+    if (!this.listeners && !supportsEventTarget) {
+      EventTargetClass.call(this);
     }
 
     // Compared to assignment, Object.defineProperty makes properties non-enumerable by default and
@@ -63,6 +210,8 @@ export class AbortSignal extends Emitter {
     Object.defineProperty(this, 'aborted', { value: false, writable: true, configurable: true });
     Object.defineProperty(this, 'onabort', { value: null, writable: true, configurable: true });
     Object.defineProperty(this, 'reason', { value: undefined, writable: true, configurable: true });
+
+    Object.defineProperty(this, anySignalsSymbol, { value: new IterableWeakSet(), writable: false, configurable: false, enumerable: false });
   }
   toString() {
     return '[object AbortSignal]';
@@ -73,6 +222,8 @@ export class AbortSignal extends Emitter {
       if (typeof this.onabort === 'function') {
         this.onabort.call(this, event);
       }
+
+      abortAnySignals.call(this);
     }
 
     super.dispatchEvent(event);
@@ -114,21 +265,13 @@ export class AbortSignal extends Emitter {
    */
   static any(iterable) {
     const controller = new AbortController();
-    /**
-     * @this AbortSignal
-     */
-    function abort() {
-      controller.abort(this.reason);
-      clean();
-    }
-    function clean() {
-      for (const signal of iterable) signal.removeEventListener('abort', abort);
-    }
     for (const signal of iterable)
       if (signal.aborted) {
         controller.abort(signal.reason);
         break;
-      } else signal.addEventListener('abort', abort);
+      } else {
+        signal[anySignalsSymbol].add(controller.signal);
+      }
 
     return controller.signal;
   }
@@ -139,6 +282,8 @@ export class AbortController {
     // Compared to assignment, Object.defineProperty makes properties non-enumerable by default and
     // we want Object.keys(new AbortController()) to be [] for compat with the native impl
     Object.defineProperty(this, 'signal', { value: new AbortSignal(), writable: true, configurable: true });
+
+    Object.defineProperty(this.signal, controllerSymbol, { value: this, writable: false, configurable: false, enumerable: false });
   }
   abort(reason) {
     const signalReason = normalizeAbortReason(reason);
@@ -158,5 +303,7 @@ if (typeof Symbol !== 'undefined' && Symbol.toStringTag) {
   // These are necessary to make sure that we get correct output for:
   // Object.prototype.toString.call(new AbortController())
   AbortController.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag] = 'AbortController';
-  AbortSignal.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag] = 'AbortSignal';
+  Object.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, Symbol.toStringTag, {
+    value: 'AbortSignal',
+  });
 }