diff --git a/cid.js b/cid.js
index 1c350888..4d856858 100644
--- a/cid.js
+++ b/cid.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as bytes from './bytes.js'
-import withIs from 'class-is'
 
 const readonly = (object, key, value) => {
   Object.defineProperty(object, key, {
@@ -22,6 +21,9 @@ export default multiformats => {
       ...multihash
     ])
   }
+
+  const cidSymbol = Symbol.for('@ipld/js-cid/CID')
+
   class CID {
     constructor (cid, ...args) {
       Object.defineProperty(this, '_baseCache', {
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ export default multiformats => {
         writable: false,
         enumerable: false
       })
-      if (_CID.isCID(cid)) {
+      if (CID.isCID(cid)) {
         readonly(this, 'version', cid.version)
         readonly(this, 'multihash', bytes.coerce(cid.multihash))
         readonly(this, 'buffer', bytes.coerce(cid.buffer))
@@ -103,11 +105,11 @@ export default multiformats => {
         throw new Error('Cannot convert non sha2-256 multihash CID to CIDv0')
       }
 
-      return new _CID(0, this.code, this.multihash)
+      return new CID(0, this.code, this.multihash)
     }
 
     toV1 () {
-      return new _CID(1, this.code, this.multihash)
+      return new CID(1, this.code, this.multihash)
     }
 
     get toBaseEncodedString () {
@@ -145,11 +147,19 @@ export default multiformats => {
         this.version === other.version &&
         bytes.equals(this.multihash, other.multihash)
     }
+
+    get [Symbol.toStringTag] () {
+      return 'CID'
+    }
+
+    get [cidSymbol] () {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    static isCID (value) {
+      return !!(value && value[cidSymbol])
+    }
   }
 
-  const _CID = withIs(CID, {
-    className: 'CID',
-    symbolName: '@ipld/js-cid/CID'
-  })
-  return _CID
+  return CID
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9921cd00..fa9b22c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     "base-x": "^3.0.8",
     "buffer": "^5.6.0",
     "cids": "^0.8.3",
-    "class-is": "^1.1.0",
     "varint": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "directories": {
@@ -113,4 +112,4 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats#readme"
-}
+}
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