diff --git a/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts b/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
index f736d21e4..e7a46bc60 100644
--- a/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
+++ b/src/common/lib/types/presencemessage.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ export async function _fromEncodedArray(
   );
 }
 
+// for tree-shakability
+export function fromValues(values: Properties<PresenceMessage>) {
+  return PresenceMessage.fromValues(values);
+}
+
 class PresenceMessage extends BaseMessage {
   action?: string;
 
diff --git a/src/platform/web/modular/presencemessage.ts b/src/platform/web/modular/presencemessage.ts
index 1c1cdaeb5..273517b45 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/modular/presencemessage.ts
+++ b/src/platform/web/modular/presencemessage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as API from '../../../../ably';
-import PresenceMessage, { fromEncoded, fromEncodedArray } from '../../../common/lib/types/presencemessage';
+import { fromValues, fromEncoded, fromEncodedArray } from '../../../common/lib/types/presencemessage';
 import { Crypto } from './crypto';
 import Logger from '../../../common/lib/util/logger';
 
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ export const decodeEncryptedPresenceMessages = ((obj, options) => {
   return fromEncodedArray(Logger.defaultLogger, Crypto, obj, options);
 }) as API.PresenceMessageStatic['fromEncodedArray'];
 
-export const constructPresenceMessage = PresenceMessage.fromValues as API.PresenceMessageStatic['fromValues'];
+export const constructPresenceMessage = fromValues as API.PresenceMessageStatic['fromValues'];