diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/trace-lifetime/startNewTraceSampling/init.js b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/trace-lifetime/startNewTraceSampling/init.js
index 09af5f3e4ab4..d32f77f4cb6b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/trace-lifetime/startNewTraceSampling/init.js
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/trace-lifetime/startNewTraceSampling/init.js
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ window.Sentry = Sentry;
 // Force this so that the initial sampleRand is consistent
 Math.random = () => 0.45;
 
+// Polyfill crypto.randomUUID
+crypto.randomUUID = function randomUUID() {
+  return ([1e7] + 1e3 + 4e3 + 8e3 + 1e11).replace(
+    /[018]/g,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
+    c => (c ^ (crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & (15 >> (c / 4)))).toString(16),
+  );
+};
+
 Sentry.init({
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   integrations: [Sentry.browserTracingIntegration()],
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/misc.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/misc.ts
index 607eff129fe5..69cd217345b8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/misc.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { snipLine } from './string';
 import { GLOBAL_OBJ } from './worldwide';
 
 interface CryptoInternal {
-  getRandomValues(array: Uint8Array): Uint8Array;
   randomUUID?(): string;
 }
 
@@ -22,37 +21,34 @@ function getCrypto(): CryptoInternal | undefined {
   return gbl.crypto || gbl.msCrypto;
 }
 
+let emptyUuid: string | undefined;
+
+function getRandomByte(): number {
+  return Math.random() * 16;
+}
+
 /**
  * UUID4 generator
  * @param crypto Object that provides the crypto API.
  * @returns string Generated UUID4.
  */
 export function uuid4(crypto = getCrypto()): string {
-  let getRandomByte = (): number => Math.random() * 16;
   try {
     if (crypto?.randomUUID) {
       return crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '');
     }
-    if (crypto?.getRandomValues) {
-      getRandomByte = () => {
-        // crypto.getRandomValues might return undefined instead of the typed array
-        // in old Chromium versions (e.g. 23.0.1235.0 (151422))
-        // However, `typedArray` is still filled in-place.
-        // @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues#typedarray
-        const typedArray = new Uint8Array(1);
-        crypto.getRandomValues(typedArray);
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
-        return typedArray[0]!;
-      };
-    }
   } catch {
     // some runtimes can crash invoking crypto
     // https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/8935
   }
 
-  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid-in-javascript/2117523#2117523
-  // Concatenating the following numbers as strings results in '10000000100040008000100000000000'
-  return (([1e7] as unknown as string) + 1e3 + 4e3 + 8e3 + 1e11).replace(/[018]/g, c =>
+  if (!emptyUuid) {
+    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid-in-javascript/2117523#2117523
+    // Concatenating the following numbers as strings results in '10000000100040008000100000000000'
+    emptyUuid = ([1e7] as unknown as string) + 1e3 + 4e3 + 8e3 + 1e11;
+  }
+
+  return emptyUuid.replace(/[018]/g, c =>
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
     ((c as unknown as number) ^ ((getRandomByte() & 15) >> ((c as unknown as number) / 4))).toString(16),
   );
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/misc.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/misc.test.ts
index 83e7f4c05b66..885e2dc64b8d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/misc.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/misc.test.ts
@@ -292,28 +292,21 @@ describe('checkOrSetAlreadyCaught()', () => {
 
 describe('uuid4 generation', () => {
   const uuid4Regex = /^[0-9A-F]{12}[4][0-9A-F]{3}[89AB][0-9A-F]{15}$/i;
-  it('returns valid uuid v4 ids via Math.random', () => {
+  it('returns valid and unique uuid v4 ids via Math.random', () => {
+    const uuids = new Set<string>();
     for (let index = 0; index < 1_000; index++) {
-      expect(uuid4()).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('returns valid uuid v4 ids via crypto.getRandomValues', () => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    const cryptoMod = require('crypto');
-
-    const crypto = { getRandomValues: cryptoMod.getRandomValues };
-
-    for (let index = 0; index < 1_000; index++) {
-      expect(uuid4(crypto)).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
+      const id = uuid4();
+      expect(id).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
+      uuids.add(id);
     }
+    expect(uuids.size).toBe(1_000);
   });
 
   it('returns valid uuid v4 ids via crypto.randomUUID', () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
     const cryptoMod = require('crypto');
 
-    const crypto = { getRandomValues: cryptoMod.getRandomValues, randomUUID: cryptoMod.randomUUID };
+    const crypto = { randomUUID: cryptoMod.randomUUID };
 
     for (let index = 0; index < 1_000; index++) {
       expect(uuid4(crypto)).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
@@ -321,7 +314,7 @@ describe('uuid4 generation', () => {
   });
 
   it("return valid uuid v4 even if crypto doesn't exists", () => {
-    const crypto = { getRandomValues: undefined, randomUUID: undefined };
+    const crypto = { randomUUID: undefined };
 
     for (let index = 0; index < 1_000; index++) {
       expect(uuid4(crypto)).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
@@ -330,9 +323,6 @@ describe('uuid4 generation', () => {
 
   it('return valid uuid v4 even if crypto invoked causes an error', () => {
     const crypto = {
-      getRandomValues: () => {
-        throw new Error('yo');
-      },
       randomUUID: () => {
         throw new Error('yo');
       },
@@ -342,25 +332,4 @@ describe('uuid4 generation', () => {
       expect(uuid4(crypto)).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
     }
   });
-
-  // Corner case related to crypto.getRandomValues being only
-  // semi-implemented (e.g. Chromium 23.0.1235.0 (151422))
-  it('returns valid uuid v4 even if crypto.getRandomValues does not return a typed array', () => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    const cryptoMod = require('crypto');
-
-    const getRandomValues = (typedArray: Uint8Array) => {
-      if (cryptoMod.getRandomValues) {
-        cryptoMod.getRandomValues(typedArray);
-      }
-    };
-
-    const crypto = { getRandomValues };
-
-    for (let index = 0; index < 1_000; index++) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
-      // @ts-ignore - we are testing a corner case
-      expect(uuid4(crypto)).toMatch(uuid4Regex);
-    }
-  });
 });