diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/tools/build-external-helpers.js b/packages/babel-core/src/tools/build-external-helpers.js
index 8649d1802d..2b6eba92a1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/tools/build-external-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/tools/build-external-helpers.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function buildModule(whitelist) {
     t.exportNamedDeclaration(
       null,
       Object.keys(refs).map(name => {
-        return t.exportSpecifier(t.clone(refs[name]), t.identifier(name));
+        return t.exportSpecifier(t.cloneNode(refs[name]), t.identifier(name));
       }),
     ),
   );
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
index fd2b040b1f..95b2c9a383 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
     assert(statement.type === "ImportDeclaration");
     assert(statement.specifiers.length === 0);
     statement.specifiers = [t.importNamespaceSpecifier(name)];
-    this._resultName = t.clone(name);
+    this._resultName = t.cloneNode(name);
     return this;
   }
   default(name) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
     assert(statement.type === "ImportDeclaration");
     assert(statement.specifiers.length === 0);
     statement.specifiers = [t.importDefaultSpecifier(name)];
-    this._resultName = t.clone(name);
+    this._resultName = t.cloneNode(name);
     return this;
   }
   named(name, importName) {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
     assert(statement.type === "ImportDeclaration");
     assert(statement.specifiers.length === 0);
     statement.specifiers = [t.importSpecifier(name, t.identifier(importName))];
-    this._resultName = t.clone(name);
+    this._resultName = t.cloneNode(name);
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
       "var",
       [t.variableDeclarator(name, statement.expression)],
     );
-    this._resultName = t.clone(name);
+    this._resultName = t.cloneNode(name);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
index 0f4d160f30..ce07b94e4a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function buildNamespaceInitStatements(
     statements.push(
       template.statement`var NAME = SOURCE;`({
         NAME: localName,
-        SOURCE: t.cloneDeep(srcNamespace),
+        SOURCE: t.cloneNode(srcNamespace),
       }),
     );
   }
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ export function buildNamespaceInitStatements(
         : template.statement`EXPORTS.NAME = NAMESPACE;`)({
         EXPORTS: metadata.exportName,
         NAME: exportName,
-        NAMESPACE: t.cloneDeep(srcNamespace),
+        NAMESPACE: t.cloneNode(srcNamespace),
       }),
     );
   }
   if (sourceMetadata.reexportAll) {
     const statement = buildNamespaceReexport(
       metadata,
-      t.cloneDeep(srcNamespace),
+      t.cloneNode(srcNamespace),
       loose,
     );
     statement.loc = sourceMetadata.reexportAll.loc;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const buildReexportsFromMeta = (meta, metadata, loose) => {
     templateForCurrentMode({
       EXPORTS: meta.exportName,
       EXPORT_NAME: exportName,
-      NAMESPACE: t.cloneDeep(namespace),
+      NAMESPACE: t.cloneNode(namespace),
       IMPORT_NAME: importName,
     }),
   );
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner/src/index.js
index 884bf5f8c7..40652a0f8c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner/src/index.js
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ function checkDuplicatedNodes(ast) {
     if (isByRegenerator(node)) return;
     if (nodes.has(node)) {
       throw new Error(
-        "Do not reuse nodes. Use `t.clone` or `t.cloneDeep` to copy them.\n" +
+        "Do not reuse nodes. Use `t.cloneNode` to copy them.\n" +
           JSON.stringify(node, hidePrivateProperties, 2) +
           "\nParent:\n" +
           JSON.stringify(parents.get(node), hidePrivateProperties, 2),
diff --git a/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.js
index c44a794f3d..960393353e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function permuteHelperAST(file, metadata, id, localBindings, getDependency) {
 
       for (const path of imps) path.remove();
       for (const path of impsBindingRefs) {
-        const node = t.cloneDeep(dependenciesRefs[path.node.name]);
+        const node = t.cloneNode(dependenciesRefs[path.node.name]);
         path.replaceWith(node);
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties/src/index.js
index 909dfbdd7f..83822ca3a2 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties/src/index.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
                 t.variableDeclarator(ident, computedNode.key),
               ]),
             );
-            computedNode.key = t.clone(ident);
+            computedNode.key = t.cloneNode(ident);
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-function-bind/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-function-bind/src/index.js
index 86f9efbf6b..ca9939d039 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-function-bind/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-function-bind/src/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function() {
 
   function inferBindContext(bind, scope) {
     const staticContext = getStaticContext(bind, scope);
-    if (staticContext) return t.cloneDeep(staticContext);
+    if (staticContext) return t.cloneNode(staticContext);
 
     const tempId = getTempId(scope);
     if (bind.object) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator/src/index.js
index a6303f1ffe..b9469081af 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator/src/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export default function(api, { loose = false }) {
         const ref = scope.generateUidIdentifierBasedOnNode(node.left);
         scope.push({ id: ref });
 
-        const assignment = t.assignmentExpression("=", t.clone(ref), node.left);
+        const assignment = t.assignmentExpression(
+          "=",
+          t.cloneNode(ref),
+          node.left,
+        );
 
         path.replaceWith(
           t.conditionalExpression(
@@ -28,11 +32,11 @@ export default function(api, { loose = false }) {
                   t.binaryExpression("!==", assignment, t.nullLiteral()),
                   t.binaryExpression(
                     "!==",
-                    t.clone(ref),
+                    t.cloneNode(ref),
                     scope.buildUndefinedNode(),
                   ),
                 ),
-            t.clone(ref),
+            t.cloneNode(ref),
             node.right,
           ),
         );
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread/src/index.js
index 7e35ea3220..60d7aa2679 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread/src/index.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default function(api, opts) {
     const props = path.get("properties");
     const last = props[props.length - 1];
     t.assertRestElement(last.node);
-    const restElement = t.clone(last.node);
+    const restElement = t.cloneNode(last.node);
     last.remove();
 
     const impureComputedPropertyDeclarators = replaceImpureComputedKeys(path);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export default function(api, opts) {
             );
           }
 
-          const nodeWithoutSpread = t.clone(path.node);
+          const nodeWithoutSpread = t.cloneNode(path.node);
           nodeWithoutSpread.right = ref;
           nodes.push(t.expressionStatement(nodeWithoutSpread));
           nodes.push(
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/src/index.js
index 4509bd6149..8779ae2743 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining/src/index.js
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ export default function(api, options) {
       replacementPath.replaceWith(
         t.conditionalExpression(
           loose
-            ? t.binaryExpression("==", t.clone(check), t.nullLiteral())
+            ? t.binaryExpression("==", t.cloneNode(check), t.nullLiteral())
             : t.logicalExpression(
                 "||",
-                t.binaryExpression("===", t.clone(check), t.nullLiteral()),
+                t.binaryExpression("===", t.cloneNode(check), t.nullLiteral()),
                 t.binaryExpression(
                   "===",
-                  t.clone(ref),
+                  t.cloneNode(ref),
                   scope.buildUndefinedNode(),
                 ),
               ),
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator/src/index.js
index a6014df863..abb0b11311 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator/src/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
 
           let wrapAsync = state.methodWrapper;
           if (wrapAsync) {
-            wrapAsync = t.cloneDeep(wrapAsync);
+            wrapAsync = t.cloneNode(wrapAsync);
           } else {
             wrapAsync = state.methodWrapper = addNamed(path, method, module);
           }
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping/src/index.js
index 372a3dfcc2..e3a0bc211d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping/src/index.js
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class BlockScoping {
 
     // turn outsideLetReferences into an array
     const args = values(outsideRefs);
-    const params = args.map(id => t.clone(id));
+    const params = args.map(id => t.cloneNode(id));
 
     const isSwitch = this.blockPath.isSwitchStatement();
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
index e858c9bbf2..1713bc3a8e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-destructuring/src/index.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
         if (t.isRestElement(prop)) {
           this.pushObjectRest(pattern, objRef, prop, i);
         } else {
-          this.pushObjectProperty(prop, t.clone(objRef));
+          this.pushObjectProperty(prop, t.cloneNode(objRef));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-for-of/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-for-of/src/index.js
index 4e3cc698d3..ad85e7def1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-for-of/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-for-of/src/index.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
             array = right;
           }
 
-          const item = t.memberExpression(array, t.clone(i), true);
+          const item = t.memberExpression(array, t.cloneNode(i), true);
           let assignment;
           if (t.isVariableDeclaration(left)) {
             assignment = left;
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ export default function(api, options) {
               t.variableDeclaration("let", inits),
               t.binaryExpression(
                 "<",
-                t.clone(i),
-                t.memberExpression(t.clone(array), t.identifier("length")),
+                t.cloneNode(i),
+                t.memberExpression(t.cloneNode(array), t.identifier("length")),
               ),
-              t.updateExpression("++", t.clone(i)),
+              t.updateExpression("++", t.cloneNode(i)),
               block,
             ),
           );
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
index 3a8a96063d..8b1787c6d8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
 
         let cached = cache.get(key);
         if (cached) {
-          cached = t.cloneDeep(cached);
+          cached = t.cloneNode(cached);
         } else {
           cached = addDefault(file.path, source, {
             importedInterop: "uncompiled",
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
index 6c23a02595..01a877c774 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
             callee.object = t.assignmentExpression("=", temp, callee.object);
             contextLiteral = temp;
           } else {
-            contextLiteral = t.cloneDeep(callee.object);
+            contextLiteral = t.cloneNode(callee.object);
           }
           t.appendToMemberExpression(callee, t.identifier("apply"));
         } else {
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-template-literals/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-template-literals/src/index.js
index afd0b21e3e..f910003fab 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-template-literals/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-template-literals/src/index.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default function(api, options) {
 
         let templateObject = this.templates.get(name);
         if (templateObject) {
-          templateObject = t.clone(templateObject);
+          templateObject = t.cloneNode(templateObject);
         } else {
           const programPath = path.find(p => p.isProgram());
           templateObject = programPath.scope.generateUidIdentifier(
diff --git a/packages/babel-template/src/populate.js b/packages/babel-template/src/populate.js
index 9f8a25f145..90be31b8e4 100644
--- a/packages/babel-template/src/populate.js
+++ b/packages/babel-template/src/populate.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default function populatePlaceholders(
   metadata: Metadata,
   replacements: TemplateReplacements,
 ): BabelNodeFile {
-  const ast = t.cloneDeep(metadata.ast);
+  const ast = t.cloneNode(metadata.ast);
 
   if (replacements) {
     metadata.placeholders.forEach(placeholder => {
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ function applyReplacement(
   // once to avoid injecting the same node multiple times.
   if (placeholder.isDuplicate) {
     if (Array.isArray(replacement)) {
-      replacement = replacement.map(node => t.cloneDeep(node));
+      replacement = replacement.map(node => t.cloneNode(node));
     } else if (typeof replacement === "object") {
-      replacement = t.cloneDeep(replacement);
+      replacement = t.cloneNode(replacement);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/clone/clone.js b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/clone.js
index c3b1537890..5a742a1785 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/clone/clone.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/clone.js
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 
+import cloneNode from "./cloneNode";
+
 /**
- * Create a shallow clone of a `node` excluding `_private` properties.
+ * Create a shallow clone of a `node`, including only
+ * properties belonging to the node.
+ * @deprecated Use t.cloneNode instead.
  */
 export default function clone<T: Object>(node: T): T {
-  if (!node) return node;
-  const newNode = (({}: any): T);
-
-  Object.keys(node).forEach(key => {
-    if (key[0] === "_") return;
-    newNode[key] = node[key];
-  });
-
-  return newNode;
+  return cloneNode(node, /* deep */ false);
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneDeep.js b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneDeep.js
index 25a5252dc5..c0e31db8ce 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneDeep.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneDeep.js
@@ -1,28 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 
+import cloneNode from "./cloneNode";
+
 /**
  * Create a deep clone of a `node` and all of it's child nodes
- * excluding `_private` properties.
+ * including only properties belonging to the node.
+ * @deprecated Use t.cloneNode instead.
  */
 export default function cloneDeep<T: Object>(node: T): T {
-  if (!node) return node;
-  const newNode = (({}: any): T);
-
-  Object.keys(node).forEach(key => {
-    if (key[0] === "_") return;
-
-    let val = node[key];
-
-    if (val) {
-      if (val.type) {
-        val = cloneDeep(val);
-      } else if (Array.isArray(val)) {
-        val = val.map(cloneDeep);
-      }
-    }
-
-    newNode[key] = val;
-  });
-
-  return newNode;
+  return cloneNode(node);
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneNode.js b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneNode.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fc1896fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/clone/cloneNode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { NODE_FIELDS } from "../definitions";
+
+const has = Function.call.bind(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty);
+
+function cloneIfNode(obj, deep) {
+  if (
+    obj &&
+    typeof obj.type === "string" &&
+    // CommentLine and CommentBlock are used in File#comments, but they are
+    // not defined in babel-types
+    obj.type !== "CommentLine" &&
+    obj.type !== "CommentBlock"
+  ) {
+    return cloneNode(obj, deep);
+  }
+
+  return obj;
+}
+
+function cloneIfNodeOrArray(obj, deep) {
+  if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+    return obj.map(node => cloneIfNode(node, deep));
+  }
+  return cloneIfNode(obj, deep);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a clone of a `node` including only properties belonging to the node.
+ * If the second parameter is `false`, cloneNode performs a shallow clone.
+ */
+export default function cloneNode<T: Object>(node: T, deep: boolean = true): T {
+  if (!node) return node;
+
+  const { type } = node;
+  const newNode = (({ type }: any): T);
+
+  // Special-case identifiers since they are the most cloned nodes.
+  if (type === "Identifier") {
+    newNode.name = node.name;
+  } else if (!has(NODE_FIELDS, type)) {
+    throw new Error(`Unknown node type: "${type}"`);
+  } else {
+    for (const field of Object.keys(NODE_FIELDS[type])) {
+      if (has(node, field)) {
+        newNode[field] = deep
+          ? cloneIfNodeOrArray(node[field], true)
+          : node[field];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (has(node, "loc")) {
+    newNode.loc = node.loc;
+  }
+  if (has(node, "leadingComments")) {
+    newNode.leadingComments = node.leadingComments;
+  }
+  if (has(node, "innerComments")) {
+    newNode.innerComments = node.innerCmments;
+  }
+  if (has(node, "trailingComments")) {
+    newNode.trailingComments = node.trailingComments;
+  }
+  if (has(node, "extra")) {
+    newNode.extra = Object.assign({}, node.extra);
+  }
+
+  return newNode;
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/converters/toKeyAlias.js b/packages/babel-types/src/converters/toKeyAlias.js
index 29d781f1c8..71b4ef49d5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/converters/toKeyAlias.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/converters/toKeyAlias.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import { isIdentifier, isStringLiteral } from "../validators/generated";
-import cloneDeep from "../clone/cloneDeep";
+import cloneNode from "../clone/cloneNode";
 import removePropertiesDeep from "../modifications/removePropertiesDeep";
 
 export default function toKeyAlias(
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function toKeyAlias(
   } else if (isStringLiteral(key)) {
     alias = JSON.stringify(key.value);
   } else {
-    alias = JSON.stringify(removePropertiesDeep(cloneDeep(key)));
+    alias = JSON.stringify(removePropertiesDeep(cloneNode(key)));
   }
 
   if (node.computed) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
index f4c280b9fa..56d36125a9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export {
 export * from "./builders/generated";
 
 // clone
+export { default as cloneNode } from "./clone/cloneNode";
 export { default as clone } from "./clone/clone";
 export { default as cloneDeep } from "./clone/cloneDeep";
 export { default as cloneWithoutLoc } from "./clone/cloneWithoutLoc";
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/test/cloning.js b/packages/babel-types/test/cloning.js
index 8303cff327..298f64fc84 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/test/cloning.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/test/cloning.js
@@ -2,68 +2,61 @@ import * as t from "../lib";
 import assert from "assert";
 import { parse } from "babylon";
 
-suite("cloning", function() {
-  suite("clone", function() {
-    it("should handle undefined", function() {
-      const node = undefined;
-      const cloned = t.clone(node);
-      assert(cloned === undefined);
-    });
-
-    it("should handle null", function() {
-      const node = null;
-      const cloned = t.clone(node);
-      assert(cloned === null);
-    });
-
-    it("should handle simple cases", function() {
-      const node = t.arrayExpression([null, t.identifier("a")]);
-      const cloned = t.clone(node);
-      assert(node !== cloned);
-      assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
-    });
+suite("cloneNode", function() {
+  it("should handle undefined", function() {
+    const node = undefined;
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node);
+    assert(cloned === undefined);
   });
 
-  suite("cloneDeep", function() {
-    it("should handle undefined", function() {
-      const node = undefined;
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(cloned === undefined);
-    });
+  it("should handle null", function() {
+    const node = null;
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node);
+    assert(cloned === null);
+  });
 
-    it("should handle null", function() {
-      const node = null;
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(cloned === null);
-    });
+  it("should handle simple cases", function() {
+    const node = t.identifier("a");
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node);
+    assert(node !== cloned);
+    assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
+  });
 
-    it("should handle simple cases", function() {
-      const node = t.arrayExpression([null, t.identifier("a")]);
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(node !== cloned);
-      assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
-    });
+  it("should handle full programs", function() {
+    const file = parse("1 + 1");
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(file);
+    assert(file !== cloned);
+    assert(
+      file.program.body[0].expression.right !==
+        cloned.program.body[0].expression.right,
+    );
+    assert(
+      file.program.body[0].expression.left !==
+        cloned.program.body[0].expression.left,
+    );
+    assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(file, cloned) === true);
+  });
 
-    it("should handle full programs", function() {
-      const node = parse("1 + 1");
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(node !== cloned);
-      assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
-    });
+  it("should handle complex programs", function() {
+    const program = "'use strict'; function lol() { wow();return 1; }";
+    const node = parse(program);
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node);
+    assert(node !== cloned);
+    assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
+  });
 
-    it("should handle complex programs", function() {
-      const program = "'use strict'; function lol() { wow();return 1; }";
-      const node = parse(program);
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(node !== cloned);
-      assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
-    });
+  it("should handle missing array element", function() {
+    const node = parse("[,0]");
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node);
+    assert(node !== cloned);
+    assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
+  });
 
-    it("should handle missing array element", function() {
-      const node = parse("[,0]");
-      const cloned = t.cloneDeep(node);
-      assert(node !== cloned);
-      assert(t.isNodesEquivalent(node, cloned) === true);
-    });
+  it("should support shallow cloning", function() {
+    const node = t.memberExpression(t.identifier("foo"), t.identifier("bar"));
+    const cloned = t.cloneNode(node, /* deep */ false);
+    assert.notStrictEqual(node, cloned);
+    assert.strictEqual(node.object, cloned.object);
+    assert.strictEqual(node.property, cloned.property);
   });
 });