diff --git a/packages/utils/src/object.ts b/packages/utils/src/object.ts
index 5957214ecc86..5b789b29060d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/object.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/object.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { WrappedFunction } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { htmlTreeAsString } from './browser';
 import { isElement, isError, isEvent, isInstanceOf, isPlainObject, isPrimitive } from './is';
-import { memoBuilder, MemoFunc } from './memo';
 import { truncate } from './string';
 
 /**
@@ -204,42 +203,61 @@ export function extractExceptionKeysForMessage(exception: Record<string, unknown
 }
 
 /**
- * Given any object, return the new object with removed keys that value was `undefined`.
+ * Given any object, return a new object having removed all fields whose value was `undefined`.
  * Works recursively on objects and arrays.
  *
  * Attention: This function keeps circular references in the returned object.
  */
-export function dropUndefinedKeys<T>(val: T): T {
+export function dropUndefinedKeys<T>(inputValue: T): T {
+  // This map keeps track of what already visited nodes map to.
+  // Our Set - based memoBuilder doesn't work here because we want to the output object to have the same circular
+  // references as the input object.
+  const memoizationMap = new Map<unknown, unknown>();
+
   // This function just proxies `_dropUndefinedKeys` to keep the `memoBuilder` out of this function's API
-  return _dropUndefinedKeys(val, memoBuilder());
+  return _dropUndefinedKeys(inputValue, memoizationMap);
 }
 
-function _dropUndefinedKeys<T>(val: T, memo: MemoFunc): T {
-  const [memoize] = memo; // we don't need unmemoize because we don't need to visit nodes twice
-
-  if (isPlainObject(val)) {
-    if (memoize(val)) {
-      return val;
+function _dropUndefinedKeys<T>(inputValue: T, memoizationMap: Map<unknown, unknown>): T {
+  if (isPlainObject(inputValue)) {
+    // If this node has already been visited due to a circular reference, return the object it was mapped to in the new object
+    const memoVal = memoizationMap.get(inputValue);
+    if (memoVal !== undefined) {
+      return memoVal as T;
     }
-    const rv: { [key: string]: any } = {};
-    for (const key of Object.keys(val)) {
-      if (typeof val[key] !== 'undefined') {
-        rv[key] = _dropUndefinedKeys(val[key], memo);
+
+    const returnValue: { [key: string]: any } = {};
+    // Store the mapping of this value in case we visit it again, in case of circular data
+    memoizationMap.set(inputValue, returnValue);
+
+    for (const key of Object.keys(inputValue)) {
+      if (typeof inputValue[key] !== 'undefined') {
+        returnValue[key] = _dropUndefinedKeys(inputValue[key], memoizationMap);
       }
     }
-    return rv as T;
+
+    return returnValue as T;
   }
 
-  if (Array.isArray(val)) {
-    if (memoize(val)) {
-      return val;
+  if (Array.isArray(inputValue)) {
+    // If this node has already been visited due to a circular reference, return the array it was mapped to in the new object
+    const memoVal = memoizationMap.get(inputValue);
+    if (memoVal !== undefined) {
+      return memoVal as T;
     }
-    return (val as any[]).map(item => {
-      return _dropUndefinedKeys(item, memo);
-    }) as any;
+
+    const returnValue: unknown[] = [];
+    // Store the mapping of this value in case we visit it again, in case of circular data
+    memoizationMap.set(inputValue, returnValue);
+
+    inputValue.forEach((item: unknown) => {
+      returnValue.push(_dropUndefinedKeys(item, memoizationMap));
+    });
+
+    return returnValue as unknown as T;
   }
 
-  return val;
+  return inputValue;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/object.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/object.test.ts
index 65131fa0cd94..3e5d8eb03e36 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/object.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/object.test.ts
@@ -200,28 +200,34 @@ describe('dropUndefinedKeys()', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('objects with circular reference', () => {
-    const dog: any = {
+  test('should not throw on objects with circular reference', () => {
+    const chicken: any = {
       food: undefined,
     };
 
-    const human = {
-      brain: undefined,
-      pets: dog,
+    const egg = {
+      edges: undefined,
+      contains: chicken,
     };
 
-    const rat = {
-      scares: human,
-      weight: '4kg',
-    };
+    chicken.lays = egg;
 
-    dog.chases = rat;
+    const droppedChicken = dropUndefinedKeys(chicken);
 
-    expect(dropUndefinedKeys(human)).toStrictEqual({
-      pets: {
-        chases: rat,
-      },
-    });
+    // Removes undefined keys
+    expect(Object.keys(droppedChicken)).toEqual(['lays']);
+    expect(Object.keys(droppedChicken.lays)).toEqual(['contains']);
+
+    // Returns new object
+    expect(chicken === droppedChicken).toBe(false);
+    expect(chicken.lays === droppedChicken.lays).toBe(false);
+
+    // Returns new references within objects
+    expect(chicken === droppedChicken.lays.contains).toBe(false);
+    expect(egg === droppedChicken.lays.contains.lays).toBe(false);
+
+    // Keeps circular reference
+    expect(droppedChicken.lays.contains === droppedChicken).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test('arrays with circular reference', () => {
@@ -235,10 +241,22 @@ describe('dropUndefinedKeys()', () => {
 
     egg[0] = chicken;
 
-    expect(dropUndefinedKeys(chicken)).toStrictEqual({
-      lays: egg,
-      weight: '1kg',
-    });
+    const droppedChicken = dropUndefinedKeys(chicken);
+
+    // Removes undefined keys
+    expect(Object.keys(droppedChicken)).toEqual(['weight', 'lays']);
+    expect(Object.keys(droppedChicken.lays)).toEqual(['0']);
+
+    // Returns new objects
+    expect(chicken === droppedChicken).toBe(false);
+    expect(egg === droppedChicken.lays).toBe(false);
+
+    // Returns new references within objects
+    expect(chicken === droppedChicken.lays[0]).toBe(false);
+    expect(egg === droppedChicken.lays[0].lays).toBe(false);
+
+    // Keeps circular reference
+    expect(droppedChicken.lays[0] === droppedChicken).toBe(true);
   });
 });