diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index a88ec95b..26d710ef 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -149,15 +149,7 @@ function isStream(val) {
  * @returns {boolean} True if value is a URLSearchParams object, otherwise false
  */
 function isURLSearchParams(val) {
-  // Object.prototype.toString will return [object Object] for a polyfill
-  // Hence, we have to use duck typing
-  return toString.call(val) === '[object URLSearchParams]' || (
-    isObject(val) &&
-    isFunction(val.append) &&
-    isFunction(val.delete) &&
-    isFunction(val.get) &&
-    isFunction(val.set)
-  );
+  return typeof URLSearchParams !== 'undefined' && val instanceof URLSearchParams;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/specs/__helpers.js b/test/specs/__helpers.js
index 80ecc747..8a06d0d2 100644
--- a/test/specs/__helpers.js
+++ b/test/specs/__helpers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Polyfill ES6 Promise
 require('es6-promise').polyfill();
 
+// Polyfill URLSearchParams
+URLSearchParams = require('url-search-params');
+
 // Import axios
 axios = require('../../index');
 
diff --git a/test/specs/requests.spec.js b/test/specs/requests.spec.js
index 7c47b5ee..47be0b0e 100644
--- a/test/specs/requests.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/requests.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-var URLSearchParams = require('url-search-params');
-
 describe('requests', function () {
   beforeEach(function () {
     jasmine.Ajax.install();
diff --git a/test/specs/utils/isX.spec.js b/test/specs/utils/isX.spec.js
index 2365b25a..7620f8c8 100644
--- a/test/specs/utils/isX.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/utils/isX.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 var utils = require('../../../lib/utils');
 var Stream = require('stream');
-var URLSearchParams = require('url-search-params');
 
 describe('utils::isX', function () {
   it('should validate Array', function () {