diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 37c09fece..a65d25c0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "autosize": "^1.18.13",
     "bootstrap": "3.1.1",
     "es6-iterator": "2.0.0",
+    "es6-symbol": "3.1.0",
     "i18next": "7.0.0",
     "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "1.0.1",
     "i18next-xhr-backend": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/react/features/base/react/Symbol.js b/react/features/base/react/Symbol.js
index cd44f2110..d66ec9ba8 100644
--- a/react/features/base/react/Symbol.js
+++ b/react/features/base/react/Symbol.js
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
-// FIXME React Native does not polyfill Symbol at versions 0.39.2 or earlier.
-export default (global => {
-    let clazz = global.Symbol;
-
-    if (typeof clazz === 'undefined') {
-        // XXX At the time of this writing we use Symbol only as a way to
-        // prevent collisions in Redux action types. Consequently, the Symbol
-        // implementation provided bellow is minimal and specific to our
-        // purpose.
-        const toString = function() {
-            return this.join(''); // eslint-disable-line no-invalid-this
-        };
-
-        clazz = description => {
-            const thiz = (description || '').split('');
-
-            thiz.toString = toString;
-
-            return thiz;
-        };
-    }
-
-    return clazz;
-})(global || window || this); // eslint-disable-line no-invalid-this
+// XXX React Native 0.41.2 does not polyfill Symbol. The React source code of
+// jitsi/jitsi-meet does utilize Symbol though. However, it is satisfied with a
+// ponyfill.
+import Symbol from 'es6-symbol';
+export { Symbol as default };