diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter.cs
index eb6b2cb262..77be650884 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
             if (jsonSerializerOptions.Encoder is null)
             {
                 // If the user hasn't explicitly configured the encoder, use the less strict encoder that does not encode all non-ASCII characters.
-                jsonSerializerOptions = jsonSerializerOptions.Copy(JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping);
+                jsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions(jsonSerializerOptions)
+                {
+                    Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping,
+                };
             }
 
             return new SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter(jsonSerializerOptions);
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/JsonSerializerOptionsCopyConstructor.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/JsonSerializerOptionsCopyConstructor.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f378aec55e..0000000000
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/JsonSerializerOptionsCopyConstructor.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
-
-namespace System.Text.Json
-{
-    internal static class JsonSerializerOptionsCopyConstructor
-    {
-        public static JsonSerializerOptions Copy(this JsonSerializerOptions serializerOptions, JavaScriptEncoder encoder)
-        {
-            var copiedOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
-            {
-                AllowTrailingCommas = serializerOptions.AllowTrailingCommas,
-                DefaultBufferSize = serializerOptions.DefaultBufferSize,
-                DictionaryKeyPolicy = serializerOptions.DictionaryKeyPolicy,
-                IgnoreNullValues = serializerOptions.IgnoreNullValues,
-                IgnoreReadOnlyProperties = serializerOptions.IgnoreReadOnlyProperties,
-                MaxDepth = serializerOptions.MaxDepth,
-                PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = serializerOptions.PropertyNameCaseInsensitive,
-                PropertyNamingPolicy = serializerOptions.PropertyNamingPolicy,
-                ReadCommentHandling = serializerOptions.ReadCommentHandling,
-                WriteIndented = serializerOptions.WriteIndented
-            };
-
-            for (var i = 0; i < serializerOptions.Converters.Count; i++)
-            {
-                copiedOptions.Converters.Add(serializerOptions.Converters[i]);
-            }
-
-            copiedOptions.Encoder = encoder;
-
-            return copiedOptions;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatterTest.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatterTest.cs
index cd245872ef..ca9180f971 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatterTest.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/Formatters/SystemTextJsonOutputFormatterTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
+using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
+using Xunit;
+
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
 {
     public class SystemTextJsonOutputFormatterTest : JsonOutputFormatterTestBase
@@ -9,5 +17,51 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters
         {
             return SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter.CreateFormatter(new JsonOptions());
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task WriteResponseBodyAsync_AllowsConfiguringPreserveReferenceHandling()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var formatter = GetOutputFormatter();
+            ((SystemTextJsonOutputFormatter)formatter).SerializerOptions.ReferenceHandling = ReferenceHandling.Preserve;
+            var expectedContent = "{\"$id\":\"1\",\"name\":\"Person\",\"child\":{\"$id\":\"2\",\"name\":\"Child\",\"child\":null,\"parent\":{\"$ref\":\"1\"}},\"parent\":null}";
+            var person = new Person
+            {
+                Name = "Person",
+                Child = new Person { Name = "Child", },
+            };
+            person.Child.Parent = person;
+
+            var mediaType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
+            var encoding = CreateOrGetSupportedEncoding(formatter, "utf-8", isDefaultEncoding: true);
+
+            var body = new MemoryStream();
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(mediaType, body);
+
+            var outputFormatterContext = new OutputFormatterWriteContext(
+                actionContext.HttpContext,
+                new TestHttpResponseStreamWriterFactory().CreateWriter,
+                typeof(Person),
+                person)
+            {
+                ContentType = new StringSegment(mediaType.ToString()),
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            await formatter.WriteResponseBodyAsync(outputFormatterContext, Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"));
+
+            // Assert
+            var actualContent = encoding.GetString(body.ToArray());
+            Assert.Equal(expectedContent, actualContent);
+        }
+
+        private class Person
+        {
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+
+            public Person Child { get; set; }
+
+            public Person Parent { get; set; }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/Rendering/SystemTextJsonHelper.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/Rendering/SystemTextJsonHelper.cs
index 48f74b2113..c2c3730b65 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/Rendering/SystemTextJsonHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/Rendering/SystemTextJsonHelper.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering
                 return serializerOptions;
             }
 
-            return serializerOptions.Copy(JavaScriptEncoder.Default);
+            return new JsonSerializerOptions(serializerOptions)
+            {
+                Encoder = JavaScriptEncoder.Default,
+            };
         }
     }
 }