diff --git a/packages/ses/src/commons.js b/packages/ses/src/commons.js
index bd5f42bd5c..5028a7f572 100644
--- a/packages/ses/src/commons.js
+++ b/packages/ses/src/commons.js
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export const weaksetAdd = uncurryThis(weaksetPrototype.add);
 export const weaksetHas = uncurryThis(weaksetPrototype.has);
 //
 export const functionToString = uncurryThis(functionPrototype.toString);
+export const functionBind = uncurryThis(bind);
 //
 const { all } = Promise;
 export const promiseAll = promises => apply(all, Promise, [promises]);
diff --git a/packages/ses/src/tame-symbol-constructor.js b/packages/ses/src/tame-symbol-constructor.js
index 808c1af833..50fe532f3c 100644
--- a/packages/ses/src/tame-symbol-constructor.js
+++ b/packages/ses/src/tame-symbol-constructor.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   getOwnPropertyDescriptors,
   defineProperties,
   arrayMap,
+  functionBind,
 } from './commons.js';
 
 /**
@@ -37,11 +38,9 @@ export const tameSymbolConstructor = () => {
   const OriginalSymbol = Symbol;
   const SymbolPrototype = OriginalSymbol.prototype;
 
-  const SharedSymbol = {
-    Symbol(description) {
-      return OriginalSymbol(description);
-    },
-  }.Symbol;
+  // Bypass Hermes bug, fixed in: https://github.com/facebook/hermes/commit/00f18c89c720e1c34592bb85a1a8d311e6e99599
+  // Make a "copy" of the primordial [Symbol "constructor"](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-symbol-description) which maintains all observable behavior. The primordial explicitly throws on `[[Construct]]` and has a `[[Call]]` which ignores the receiver. Binding also maintains the `toString` source as a native function. The `name` is restored below when copying own properties.
+  const SharedSymbol = functionBind(Symbol, undefined);
 
   defineProperties(SymbolPrototype, {
     constructor: {