diff --git a/packages/events/SyntheticEvent.js b/packages/events/SyntheticEvent.js
index beaaa5947e6ca..cb14a7962479c 100644
--- a/packages/events/SyntheticEvent.js
+++ b/packages/events/SyntheticEvent.js
@@ -228,49 +228,6 @@ SyntheticEvent.extend = function(Interface) {
   return Class;
 };
 
-/** Proxying after everything set on SyntheticEvent
- * to resolve Proxy issue on some WebKit browsers
- * in which some Event properties are set to undefined (GH#10010)
- */
-if (__DEV__) {
-  const isProxySupported =
-    typeof Proxy === 'function' &&
-    // /~https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/12011
-    !Object.isSealed(new Proxy({}, {}));
-
-  if (isProxySupported) {
-    /*eslint-disable no-func-assign */
-    SyntheticEvent = new Proxy(SyntheticEvent, {
-      construct: function(target, args) {
-        return this.apply(target, Object.create(target.prototype), args);
-      },
-      apply: function(constructor, that, args) {
-        return new Proxy(constructor.apply(that, args), {
-          set: function(target, prop, value) {
-            if (
-              prop !== 'isPersistent' &&
-              !target.constructor.Interface.hasOwnProperty(prop) &&
-              shouldBeReleasedProperties.indexOf(prop) === -1
-            ) {
-              warning(
-                didWarnForAddedNewProperty || target.isPersistent(),
-                "This synthetic event is reused for performance reasons. If you're " +
-                  "seeing this, you're adding a new property in the synthetic event object. " +
-                  'The property is never released. See ' +
-                  'https://fb.me/react-event-pooling for more information.',
-              );
-              didWarnForAddedNewProperty = true;
-            }
-            target[prop] = value;
-            return true;
-          },
-        });
-      },
-    });
-    /*eslint-enable no-func-assign */
-  }
-}
-
 addEventPoolingTo(SyntheticEvent);
 
 /**
@@ -324,6 +281,26 @@ function getPooledEvent(dispatchConfig, targetInst, nativeEvent, nativeInst) {
   const EventConstructor = this;
   if (EventConstructor.eventPool.length) {
     const instance = EventConstructor.eventPool.pop();
+
+    if (__DEV__) {
+      for (let prop in instance) {
+        if (
+          instance.hasOwnProperty(prop) &&
+          !EventConstructor.Interface.hasOwnProperty(prop) &&
+          shouldBeReleasedProperties.indexOf(prop) === -1
+        ) {
+          warning(
+            didWarnForAddedNewProperty,
+            "This synthetic event is reused for performance reasons. If you're " +
+              "seeing this, you're adding a new property in the synthetic event object. " +
+              'The property is never released. See ' +
+              'https://fb.me/react-event-pooling for more information.',
+          );
+          didWarnForAddedNewProperty = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     EventConstructor.call(
       instance,
       dispatchConfig,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
index c0609e5fe2234..d3bfa82b0cbc8 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 let React;
 let ReactDOM;
-let ReactTestUtils;
 
 describe('SyntheticEvent', () => {
   let container;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ describe('SyntheticEvent', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     React = require('react');
     ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
-    ReactTestUtils = require('react-dom/test-utils');
 
     container = document.createElement('div');
     document.body.appendChild(container);
@@ -247,59 +245,57 @@ describe('SyntheticEvent', () => {
     expect(expectedCount).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  // TODO: reenable this test. We are currently silencing these warnings when
-  // using TestUtils.Simulate to avoid spurious warnings that result from the
-  // way we simulate events.
-  xit('should properly log warnings when events simulated with rendered components', () => {
-    let event;
-    const element = document.createElement('div');
-    function assignEvent(e) {
-      event = e;
-    }
-    const node = ReactDOM.render(<div onClick={assignEvent} />, element);
-    ReactTestUtils.Simulate.click(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(node));
-
-    // access a property to cause the warning
+  it('should warn when the pooled event has extra properties', () => {
+    let node;
+    let lastEvent;
+    ReactDOM.render(
+      <button
+        ref={el => (node = el)}
+        onClick={e => {
+          if (!lastEvent) {
+            e.foo = 'bar';
+          }
+          lastEvent = e;
+        }}
+      />,
+      container,
+    );
+    let event = document.createEvent('Event');
+    event.initEvent('click', true, true);
+    node.dispatchEvent(event);
     expect(() => {
-      event.nativeEvent; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
+      node.dispatchEvent(event);
     }).toWarnDev(
       'Warning: This synthetic event is reused for performance reasons. If ' +
-        "you're seeing this, you're accessing the property `nativeEvent` on a " +
-        'released/nullified synthetic event. This is set to null. If you must ' +
-        'keep the original synthetic event around, use event.persist(). ' +
+        "you're seeing this, you're adding a new property in the synthetic " +
+        'event object. The property is never released. ' +
         'See https://fb.me/react-event-pooling for more information.',
     );
+    // Should reuse the pooled event
+    expect(lastEvent.foo).toBe('bar');
   });
 
-  it('should warn if Proxy is supported and the synthetic event is added a property', () => {
+  it('should not warn when adding properties into the persisted synthetic event', () => {
     let node;
-    let expectedCount = 0;
-    let syntheticEvent;
-
-    const eventHandler = e => {
-      if (typeof Proxy === 'function') {
-        expect(() => {
-          e.foo = 'bar';
-        }).toWarnDev(
-          'Warning: This synthetic event is reused for performance reasons. If ' +
-            "you're seeing this, you're adding a new property in the synthetic " +
-            'event object. The property is never released. ' +
-            'See https://fb.me/react-event-pooling for more information.',
-        );
-      } else {
-        e.foo = 'bar';
-      }
-      syntheticEvent = e;
-      expectedCount++;
-    };
-    node = ReactDOM.render(<div onClick={eventHandler} />, container);
-
-    const event = document.createEvent('Event');
+    let lastEvent;
+    ReactDOM.render(
+      <button
+        ref={el => (node = el)}
+        onClick={e => {
+          if (!lastEvent) {
+            e.foo = 'bar';
+            e.persist();
+          }
+          lastEvent = e;
+        }}
+      />,
+      container,
+    );
+    let event = document.createEvent('Event');
     event.initEvent('click', true, true);
-
     node.dispatchEvent(event);
-
-    expect(syntheticEvent.foo).toBe('bar');
-    expect(expectedCount).toBe(1);
+    node.dispatchEvent(event);
+    // Should not reuse the previous event
+    expect(lastEvent.foo).toBe(undefined);
   });
 });